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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$10,857 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,988 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, clinical, counseling and applied psychology students earned 769 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for clinical psychology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Clinical & Counseling Psychology

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

Our analysis found University of the Cumberlands to be the best value school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Kentucky. Located in the town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cumberlands are $4,582 per year.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of the Cumberlands Report

#2

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

Out of the 6 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Spalding University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Spalding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Spalding are $12,106 a year.

Spalding not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Spalding University Report

#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Kentucky helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in Kentucky. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

UK graduate students pay an average of $13,674 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

Read full report on Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern are $10,200 per year.

Read full report on Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University

#5

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Louisville is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UofL is a very large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofL are $13,725 per year.

UofL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

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#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. WKU is a large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WKU are $12,140 a year.

Read full report on Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Western Kentucky University

Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,461
Florida 1,529
Georgia 322
North Carolina 109
Tennessee 267
Louisiana 79
Alabama 264
South Carolina 135
Mississippi 70
Arkansas 16
West Virginia 42

One of 3 majors within the area of study, clinical, counseling and applied psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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