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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$13,812 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,147 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, clinical, counseling and applied psychology students earned 2,373 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Minnesota to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

Check out the clinical psychology master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Clinical & Counseling Psychology

Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Minnesota. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

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#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

St. Cloud State University graduate students pay an average of $9,192 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the # 3 spot on the list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead.

MSU Moorhead graduate students pay an average of $11,052 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

SMU MN graduate students pay an average of $10,890 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bethel University Minnesota. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 per year.

Bethel University Minnesota not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.

Full Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Bethel University Minnesota Report

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 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 Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 per year.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #2 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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#8

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UST MN are $23,736 a year.

UST MN also took the #1 spot in our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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Best Value Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 350
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 9 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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