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2023 Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$29,174 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

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 General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Psychology

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for general psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 3 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for psychology in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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Out of the 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great value for general psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $33,953 in tuition and fees each year.

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Utah State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UCCS is a large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

UCCS graduate students pay an average of $25,584 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Montana ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a large student population.

UM graduate students pay an average of $24,096 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 72
Utah 85
Idaho 17
Montana 21
Wyoming 12

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

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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