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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 1,346 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,382 and $25,226 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 looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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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

$44,835 Average Early-Career Earnings

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, Western Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 18 students 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid list. Eastern is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 3 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Kentucky University are $14,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University

#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. Union College Kentucky is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Barbourville, Kentucky. It awarded 5 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Union College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union College are $8,210, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Psychology at Union College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• 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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