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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$15,962 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, psychology was ranked 10th in North Carolina. In fact, 3,751 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for psychology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Psychology

#1

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Fayetteville State University the best value school in North Carolina for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, Fayetteville State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Fayetteville State University graduate students pay an average of $5,835 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in North Carolina. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Appalachian State are $8,007 a year.

Appalachian State also made our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.

Full Psychology at Appalachian State University Report

#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 6 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 4 spot on the list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Western Carolina University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in North Carolina. Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WCU are $7,480 a year.

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#6

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Full Psychology at Duke University 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
West Virginia 967
South Carolina 1,890
Florida 10,298
Virginia 6,922
Arkansas 1,022
Mississippi 1,234
Louisiana 1,704
Alabama 1,923
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

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 6 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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