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2022 Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
36 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health/Medical Psychology is the 913th most popular major in the country with 212 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 health/medical psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in health/medical psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health/medical psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health/medical psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Psychology (Income $48-$75k)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Health/Medical Psychology at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s health/medical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at VCU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Virginia Commonwealth University Health/Medical Psychology Report

#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s health/medical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Health/Medical 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 East Carolina University are $20,685.

Read full report on Health/Medical Psychology at East Carolina University

#4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #4 spot on the list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s health/medical psychology degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte also took the #4 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNC Charlotte Health/Medical Psychology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. University of South Alabama is a public institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USA also took the #5 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health/Medical Psychology at University of South Alabama

#6

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

Virginia State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health/Medical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This small school is located in Petersburg, Virginia, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s health/medical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia State are $22,994, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health/Medical Psychology at Virginia State University

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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