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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

12 Colleges
$19,701 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for clinical psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.

ASU - Skysong also took the #2 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Southwest Region . UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. SWOSU is a small public school located in the remote town of Weatherford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SWOSU are $14,202 per year.

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#6

Mid-America Christian University

Oklahoma City, OK

Mid-America Christian University 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 #6 on the list. MACU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oklahoma City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MACU are $15,312 per year.

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#7

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

St. Mary’s University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's 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 St. Mary’s are $19,846 a year.

St. Mary’s also took the #4 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNM are $20,487 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 a year.

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#10

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Baylor are $37,674 per year.

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Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,711
Arizona 946
Oklahoma 350
New Mexico 67

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 12 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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