2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology in New Jersey (With 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 Master’s in New Jersey 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.

Across New Jersey, there were 50 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the applied psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree applied psychology students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s applied psychology students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Applied Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$20,958 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rider University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Psychology Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. Rider is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rider did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Applied Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rider University are $20,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Psychology (With Aid)

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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