2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is the #30 most popular major in the country with 33,758 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
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 the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Clinical & Counseling Psychology
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.
BYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Adams State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Adams State is a small public school located in the remote town of Alamosa.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Adams State are $10,896 a year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.
CU Anschutz did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boulder.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.
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University of Northern Colorado came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of Northern Colorado graduate students pay an average of $22,379 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Denver did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, Idaho State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. ISU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pocatello.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ISU are $27,778 per year.
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Request InformationBest Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 1,094 |
| Utah | 98 |
| Idaho | 17 |
| Montana | 56 |
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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 8 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.