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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

54 Colleges
$21,543 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,704 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology School for You

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 5,822 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 54 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for clinical 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 Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in California

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

Top 10 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools

$6,846 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the best value school in California for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSULB are $6,846 per year.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at California State University - Long Beach Report

#2

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, CA
$14,640 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Touro University Worldwide. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California list. TUW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Los Alamitos.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TUW are $14,640 per year.

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$7,043 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 54 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CSUN undergraduate students pay an average of $7,043 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$6,653 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - Fresno helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in California. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a very large student population.

Fresno State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,653 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Brandman University

Irvine, CA
$12,480 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in California. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

Brandman undergraduate students pay an average of $12,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Brandman University Report

$7,392 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Sacramento did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sac State are $7,392 per year.

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$7,218 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Monterey Bay ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

CSUMB undergraduate students pay an average of $7,218 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at California State University - Monterey Bay Report

#8

Biola University

La Mirada, CA
$44,382 Average Tuition & Fees

Biola University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Biola are $44,382 per year.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Biola University Report

$7,213 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, California State University - San Bernardino did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the midsize city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSUSB are $7,213 per year.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at California State University - San Bernardino Report

#10

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, San Diego State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SDSU are $8,136 a year.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at San Diego State University Report

Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 317
Oregon 331
Nevada 20
Hawaii 122
Alaska 13

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

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 25 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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