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2023 Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$34,093 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,440 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

General Psychology is the #35 most popular major in the country with 8,051 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for 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. 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 General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Psychology

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the best value school for general psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 a year.

The Graduate Center also made our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #5.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Carnegie Mellon University is a great value for general psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carnegie Mellon are $47,347 per year.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #2 spot in our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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#2

Chatham University

Pittsburgh, PA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Chatham University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Chatham is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Chatham graduate students pay an average of $19,428 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Chatham also is in the top 20% of our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Temple are $24,812 a year.

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#5

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Out of the 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Georgetown graduate students pay an average of $55,128 in tuition and fees each year.

Georgetown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - College Park is a great value for general psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.

UMCP excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general psychology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $33,215 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Howard University

Washington, DC

Howard University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Howard are $34,326 a year.

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Rutgers University - Newark ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rutgers Newark are $33,186 a year.

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Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 486
Pennsylvania 257
Maryland 68
New Jersey 158
District of Columbia 61

General Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Psychology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus.

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