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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

34 Colleges
$28,347 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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 34 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Southern Mississippi to be the best value school for general psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of South Florida - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general psychology schools in the Southeast Region . USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 a year.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great value for general psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $14,544 per year.

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Out of the 34 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a very large student population.

UAB graduate students pay an average of $19,188 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Georgia is a great value for general psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UGA also did well on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general psychology programs. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.

University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#7

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas 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 Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UARK are $22,563 a year.

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#8

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GMU are $37,956 per year.

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North Carolina State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $29,690 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NC State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#10

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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Best General Psychology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 304
Florida 490
Georgia 160
North Carolina 187
Tennessee 124
Kentucky 25
Louisiana 151
Alabama 88
South Carolina 23
Mississippi 57
Arkansas 19
West Virginia 153

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to BruceBlaus.

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