2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Arkansas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 183,889 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, psychology is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 981 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,644 and $21,638 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychology programs, but they also 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 psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Psychology at UARK

#2

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas. University of Central Arkansas is a fairly large school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 6 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Arkansas Psychology Report

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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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