2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in District of Columbia (With Aid)

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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 District of Columbia, there were 300 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,225 and $121,229 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 154 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling and applied psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 clinical, counseling and applied psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree clinical psychology students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s clinical psychology students in 2019-2020.

Howard also took the #3 spot in our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard are $34,224, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Howard University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,607 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 82 masters’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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