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2023 Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$22,074 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,151 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Psychology

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

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 very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

Full General Psychology at Liberty University Report

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 very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 per 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.

Full General Psychology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCF are $28,657 a year.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general psychology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

UF also claimed a spot on our Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best 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

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus.

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