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2023 Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$35,057 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for 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. 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 New England Region

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

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Psychology

Our analysis found American International College to be the best value school for general psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Springfield, AIC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

AIC graduate students pay an average of $12,717 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 Western New England University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Western New England is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Western New England are $26,640 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNH are $29,992 a year.

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#5

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UVM are $33,246 per year.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Clark University

Worcester, MA

Clark University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Clark 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 Clark are $47,730 a year.

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#8

University of Maine

Orono, ME

University of Maine landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general psychology programs. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMaine are $29,490 per year.

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Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 3,980
Connecticut 1,768
New Hampshire 2,856
Maine 327
Rhode Island 628
Vermont 340

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 8 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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