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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

27 Colleges
$17,293 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,380 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the clinical psychology graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

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 city of Indianapolis.

Purdue University Global graduate students pay an average of $10,582 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a 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 city of Chicago.

NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, IL

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 suburb of Palos Heights, Trinity Christian is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Trinity Christian are $10,708 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

John Carroll University

University Heights, OH

John Carroll University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. 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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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. 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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With a ranking of #9, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. BGSU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 a year.

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Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 672
Ohio 781
Illinois 1,978
Indiana 927
Wisconsin 454

One of 3 majors within the area of study, clinical, counseling and applied psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

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