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2023 Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

50 Colleges
$11,987 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,147 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 50 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for clinical psychology majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the best value school in California for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students working on their master’s degree. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

CSULB graduate students pay an average of $8,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, CA

Out of the 50 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Touro University Worldwide landed the # 2 spot on the list. TUW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Los Alamitos.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TUW are $9,000 per year.

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Out of the 50 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 city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUN are $8,477 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Fresno. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fresno State are $8,087 per year.

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#5

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brandman are $12,720 per year.

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Sac State are $8,826 a year.

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#7

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SDSU are $9,570 a year.

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California State University - San Bernardino came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public school with a large student population.

CSUSB graduate students pay an average of $8,647 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Monterey Bay landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

CSUMB graduate students pay an average of $8,652 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

Biola University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Biola are $12,006 per year.

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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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