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2023 Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$18,779 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,151 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for psychology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Psychology

Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for general psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Minnesota State Mankato also is in the top 10% of our Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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#3

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

USD graduate students pay an average of $12,768 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

Iowa State graduate students pay an average of $26,948 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Psychology at Iowa State University

#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general psychology schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

Full General Psychology at University of Kansas Report

University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Mizzou also did well on our Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on General Psychology at University of Missouri - Columbia

Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 81
Minnesota 634
Iowa 26
Kansas 74
Nebraska 33
North Dakota 15
South Dakota 15

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 6 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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