2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Oregon
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 434 degrees and certificates were awarded to clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who went to a Oregon college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Oregon to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Oregon to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for clinical psychology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Clinical & Counseling Psychology
Our 2023 rankings named George Fox University the best value school in Oregon for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Newberg, GFU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GFU are $14,293 per year.
GFU also took the #4 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon list. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the large city of Portland.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Portland State University are $16,518 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Portland State University is ranked #5 for overall quality for clinical psychology in Oregon.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Pacific University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in Oregon. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Forest Grove.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pacific are $36,169 per year.
Pacific also made our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon list, coming in at #1.
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Out of the 4 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the # 4 spot on the list. UO is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Eugene.
UO graduate students pay an average of $18,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 6,163 |
| Washington | 432 |
| Nevada | 36 |
| Hawaii | 122 |
| Alaska | 24 |
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Majors Related to Clinical Psychology
One of 3 majors within the area of study, clinical, counseling and applied psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Psychology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Psychology | 141,695 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 17,542 |
| Other Psychology | 2,683 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.