2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 134,326 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Kentucky, there were 1,346 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology programs and cost less that 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 general psychology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Kentucky (With Aid)

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid. Western Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 18 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WKU General Psychology Report

#2

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 3 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also made our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Kentucky University are $14,500.

Read more about General Psychology at Eastern

#3

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$8,210 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Union College Kentucky landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Barbourville, Kentucky, and it awarded 5 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Union College also made our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union College are $8,210, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at Union College Kentucky

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General 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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