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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

27 Colleges
$17,293 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,380 Avg Salary

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

With 29,224 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, clinical, counseling and applied psychology is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for clinical psychology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the clinical psychology graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University Global to be the best value school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue University Global are $10,582 a year.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.

SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at National Louis University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NLU are $12,096 per year.

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#5

Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Trinity Christian College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Trinity Christian is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Palos Heights.

Trinity Christian graduate students pay an average of $10,708 in tuition and fees each year.

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Northern Illinois University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

John Carroll University

University Heights, OH

John Carroll University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. John Carroll is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of University Heights.

John Carroll graduate students pay an average of $16,082 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Chicago School Chicago Campus are $23,918 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.

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Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 590
Illinois 1,880
Ohio 700
Indiana 490
Wisconsin 454

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).

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