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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$10,857 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,988 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is the #18 most popular major in Kentucky with 775 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Kentucky to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for clinical psychology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Clinical & Counseling Psychology

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

Our analysis found University of the Cumberlands to be the best value school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Kentucky. Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Williamsburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cumberlands are $4,582 per year.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of the Cumberlands Report

#2

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spalding University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large city of Louisville, Spalding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Spalding are $12,106 a year.

Spalding not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Spalding University Report

#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Kentucky helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UK are $13,674 per year.

UK also took the #4 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Eastern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in Kentucky. Eastern is a large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Eastern are $10,200 a year.

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#5

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Louisville is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public school with a very large student population.

UofL graduate students pay an average of $13,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UofL is ranked #5 for overall quality for clinical psychology in Kentucky.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of Louisville Report

#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

WKU graduate students pay an average of $12,140 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 464
Virginia 1,481
North Carolina 156
Florida 1,681
Tennessee 329
South Carolina 167
Louisiana 79
Arkansas 18
Alabama 292
Mississippi 158
West Virginia 43

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

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 6 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.

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