2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Graduate Certificate 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.
The Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.
Top 10 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Purdue University Global to be the best value school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.
Purdue University Global graduate students pay an average of $10,582 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.
SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.
Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Christian College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Palos Heights, Trinity Christian is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Trinity Christian graduate students pay an average of $10,708 in tuition and fees each year.
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Northern Illinois University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.
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John Carroll University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of University Heights, John Carroll is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
John Carroll graduate students pay an average of $16,082 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #8, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
The Chicago School Chicago Campus graduate students pay an average of $23,918 in tuition and fees each year.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Central Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.
Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 672 |
| Ohio | 781 |
| Illinois | 1,978 |
| Indiana | 927 |
| Wisconsin | 454 |
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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 25 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.