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2022 Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
199 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Forensic Psychology is the 304th most popular major in the country with 2,098 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 239 forensic psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 199 forensic psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in forensic psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great forensic psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the forensic 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 Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Forensic Psychology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Holy Names University

Oakland, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Holy Names University landed the #1 spot on the list. Holy Names University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Oakland, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

HNU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Forensic Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Holy Names University are $18,590.

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#2

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Forensic Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Riverside, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s forensic psychology degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Baptist, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Forensic Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Baptist are $14,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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