2023 Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate 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.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Psychology
Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in the Southeast Region for general psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great value for general psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $21,147 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UNC Charlotte also did well on our Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Central Florida is a great value for general psychology students working on their graduate certificate. UCF is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.
UCF graduate students pay an average of $28,657 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for general psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.
UF graduate students pay an average of $30,130 in tuition and fees each year.
UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Request InformationBest General Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best general psychology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 3,544 |
| Virginia | 5,413 |
| North Carolina | 3,412 |
| Florida | 8,073 |
| Tennessee | 1,743 |
| Kentucky | 1,417 |
| South Carolina | 1,372 |
| Louisiana | 1,601 |
| Arkansas | 981 |
| Alabama | 1,571 |
| Mississippi | 1,069 |
| West Virginia | 924 |
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Majors Related to Psychology
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 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).
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