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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,708 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 Arkansas. With 1,022 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Arkansas 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCA are $6,773 per year.

UCA also made our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Psychology at University of Central Arkansas

#2

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Henderson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the distant town of Arkadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Henderson State University are $6,930 per year.

Henderson State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

Read full report on Psychology at Henderson State University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Arkansas State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in Arkansas. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at A-State are $6,422 per year.

A-State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

Read full report on Psychology at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

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
South Carolina 1,890
Florida 10,298
Virginia 6,922
Mississippi 1,234
Tennessee 2,474
Louisiana 1,704
Alabama 1,923
Kentucky 2,326
Georgia 4,367

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

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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