2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Iowa
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree School for You
With 102 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, clinical, counseling and applied psychology is the #95 most popular major in Iowa.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Iowa 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Clinical & Counseling Psychology
Our 2023 rankings named University of Northern Iowa the best value school in Iowa for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. UNI is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Cedar Falls.
UNI graduate students pay an average of $10,569 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UNI also took the #5 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa rankings.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Buena Vista University is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. BVU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Storm Lake.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at BVU are $9,936 a year.
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Out of the 4 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Loras College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Loras is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Dubuque.
Loras graduate students pay an average of $12,990 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Drake University is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines.
Drake graduate students pay an average of $11,988 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Drake also took the #1 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa rankings.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 370 |
| Minnesota | 2,482 |
| Kansas | 255 |
| Nebraska | 194 |
| North Dakota | 69 |
| South Dakota | 56 |
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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.
Majors Similar 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 4 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.