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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

21 Colleges
$18,776 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 195,678 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Plains States Region 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. 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 the Plains States Region

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

Top 10 Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in the Plains States Region for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato also did well on our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a great value for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Moorhead.

MSU Moorhead graduate students pay an average of $11,052 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Psychology at Minnesota State University - Moorhead Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Fort Hays State University is a great value for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. FHSU is a large public school located in the remote town of Hays.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FHSU are $11,376 a year.

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#4

Avila University

Kansas City, MO

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Avila University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in the Plains States Region . Avila is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Avila are $8,598 a year.

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#6

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

With a ranking of #6, University of South Dakota did quite well on this year’s best value schools for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USD are $12,768 a year.

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Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well on this year’s best value schools for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNOMAHA are $16,374 a year.

Full Psychology at University of Nebraska at Omaha Report

#9

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate psychology programs. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate psychology programs. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $19,541 per year.

UNL also took the #3 spot in our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

Read full report on Psychology at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Best Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,451
Minnesota 6,179
Iowa 1,444
South Dakota 328
Missouri 3,062
Nebraska 994
North Dakota 369

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 21 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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