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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,305 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

Psychology is one of the most popular subjects to study in Alabama. With 1,923 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alabama 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Psychology

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Alabama the best value school in Alabama for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. UA is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa.

UA graduate students pay an average of $11,470 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Psychology at The University of Alabama

#2

Troy University

Troy, AL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Located in the remote town of Troy, TROY is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TROY are $8,550 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Alabama is a great value for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. UNA is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Florence.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNA are $7,140 per year.

Full Psychology at University of North Alabama Report

Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Psychology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,751
West Virginia 967
Florida 10,298
Virginia 6,922
Arkansas 1,022
Mississippi 1,234
South Carolina 1,890
Louisiana 1,704
Kentucky 2,326
Georgia 4,367
Tennessee 2,474

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

Majors Similar to Psychology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Nevit Dilmen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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