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2023 Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$34,093 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,440 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

With 141,695 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general psychology is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for psychology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for general psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The Graduate Center graduate students pay an average of $23,640 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The Graduate Center is ranked #5 for overall quality for psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region .

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#2

Chatham University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chatham University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Chatham 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 Chatham are $19,428 a year.

Chatham also claimed a spot on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Out of the 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Carnegie Mellon is ranked #2 for overall quality for psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region .

Full General Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University Report

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Temple University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Temple graduate students pay an average of $24,812 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMCP is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full General Psychology at University of Maryland - College Park Report

#5

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Georgetown are $55,128 a year.

Georgetown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general psychology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $33,215 a year.

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#8

Howard University

Washington, DC

Howard University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Howard are $34,326 a year.

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Rutgers University - Newark ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers Newark is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Newark.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers Newark are $33,186 per year.

Full General Psychology at Rutgers University - Newark Report

Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 4,843
New York 10,965
Maryland 2,523
New Jersey 3,346
District of Columbia 437
Delaware 191

One of 3 majors within the area of study, general psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Psychology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus.

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