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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

50 Colleges
$11,987 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,147 Avg Salary

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

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is the #21 most popular major in California with 6,163 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 50 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for clinical psychology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for clinical psychology majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the best value school in California for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSULB are $8,280 a year.

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#2

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Touro University Worldwide. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. TUW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Los Alamitos.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TUW are $9,000 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUN are $8,477 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Fresno. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fresno State are $8,087 per year.

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#5

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Brandman University is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Brandman graduate students pay an average of $12,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Sacramento ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Sac State are $8,826 a year.

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#7

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $9,570 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, California State University - San Bernardino did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUSB are $8,647 per year.

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California State University - Monterey Bay ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUMB are $8,652 a year.

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#10

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

With a ranking of #10, Biola University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Biola graduate students pay an average of $12,006 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 432
Oregon 434
Nevada 36
Hawaii 122
Alaska 24

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 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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