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2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$25,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Applied Psychology is the 336th most popular major in the country with 1,719 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in applied psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great applied psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the applied psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology (With Aid)

#1

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Touro University Worldwide. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. TUW is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Alamitos, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TUW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at TUW are $9,000.

Full Touro University Worldwide Applied Psychology Report

#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Wichita State University is a fairly large school located in Wichita, Kansas that handed out 2 doctorate’s applied psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112.

Read more about Applied Psychology at WSU

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Lowell, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s applied psychology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

#4

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s applied psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at Boston U

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s applied psychology students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach also took the #4 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach are $19,736, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Applied Psychology at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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