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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
249 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Salary
Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is the 37th most popular major in the country with 31,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $45,872 and had an average of $65,193 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,840 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,174 and $51,273 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 249 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in clinical, counseling and applied psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the clinical, counseling and applied psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UOPX - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 81 bachelors’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UOPX - Arizona is $14,939 for southwest region bachelor’s degree clinical psychology students whose families make $48-$75k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 37 bachelors’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Texas is $15,377 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Clinical Psychology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of North Texas Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #3 spot in our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $14,033 for southwest region bachelor’s degree clinical psychology students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Belton, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s clinical psychology degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.

UMHB also took the #5 spot in our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $25,008 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Clinical Psychology students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Prescott, Arizona, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also made our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is $35,323 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Clinical Psychology students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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