2023 Best Value Psychology Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Psychology Undergraduate Certificate School for You
Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 195,678 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Psychology
Our analysis found Missouri Southern State University to be the best value school for psychology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Missouri Southern are $15,896 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Nevada. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSN are $11,534 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great value for psychology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UC undergraduate students pay an average of $27,111 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in the United States. UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
UMSL undergraduate students pay an average of $30,570 in tuition and fees each year.
UMSL also claimed a spot on our Best Psychology Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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Majors Related to Psychology
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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 Nevit Dilmen.
More about our data sources and methodologies.