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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$12,196 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,380 Avg Salary

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

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 1,880 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Clinical & Counseling Psychology

Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $9,773 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the # 2 spot on the list. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 per year.

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#3

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the distant town of Charleston, EIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at EIU are $10,640 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

In-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 Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Palos Heights, Trinity Christian is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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

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Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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Chicago State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, CSU is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSU are $9,728 per year.

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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 590
Ohio 700
Indiana 490
Wisconsin 454

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 8 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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