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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$17,148 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. 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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States 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

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Moorhead the best value school in the Plains States Region for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Moorhead.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 a year.

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#2

Avila University

Kansas City, MO

Out of the 15 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Avila University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Avila is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Avila are $8,598 per year.

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#3

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of South Dakota is a great value for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

USD graduate students pay an average of $12,768 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska at Omaha helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Plains States Region . UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

UNOMAHA graduate students pay an average of $16,374 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

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#7

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.

UNL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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With a ranking of #9, MidAmerica Nazarene University 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 large suburb of Olathe, MNU 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 MNU are $13,024 a year.

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#10

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS

Pittsburg State 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 #10 on the list. Located in the distant town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Pitt State are $19,560 a 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 Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 350
Minnesota 2,373
Iowa 63
Kansas 238
Nebraska 146
North Dakota 64
South Dakota 56

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 15 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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