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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$10,805 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 #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 Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in Kentucky 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

Check out the clinical psychology master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of the Cumberlands the best value school in Kentucky for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Williamsburg.

Cumberlands graduate students pay an average of $4,582 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Spalding University is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

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#3

Lindsey Wilson College

Columbia, KY

Out of the 13 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindsey Wilson College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Lindsey Wilson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lindsey Wilson College are $9,719 per year.

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#4

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a large student population.

NKU graduate students pay an average of $10,284 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 13 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Eastern is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

Eastern graduate students pay an average of $10,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UK graduate students pay an average of $13,674 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

University of Louisville ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large 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.

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#8

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WKU are $12,140 per year.

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#9

Kentucky State University

Frankfort, KY

Kentucky State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the town of Frankfort, KY State is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at KY State are $8,880 per year.

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#10

Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, KY

Campbellsville University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Campbellsville University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Campbellsville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Campbellsville University are $8,773 a 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 13 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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