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2023 Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$27,294 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,151 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,522 degrees and certificates were awarded to general psychology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Psychology

#1

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Our analysis found Northcentral University to be the best value school for general psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Northcentral University graduate students pay an average of $18,207 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Claremont Graduate University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general psychology schools in California. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

Claremont Graduate University graduate students pay an average of $36,380 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Claremont Graduate University also made our Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value General Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value General Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 62
Oregon 31
Nevada 17
Hawaii 18
Alaska 10

One of 3 majors within the area of study, general psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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