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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

79 Colleges
$17,168 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,425 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Psychology Master'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.

The Best Value General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 79 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 15% Best General Psychology Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the Southeast Region for general psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 79 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carlos Albizu University - Miami landed the # 3 spot on the list. Carlos Albizu University - Miami is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Miami.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carlos Albizu University - Miami are $12,740 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general psychology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school 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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#5

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Lipscomb University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general psychology schools in the Southeast Region . Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lipscomb are $17,100 per year.

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

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#6

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Augusta University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general psychology programs. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Augusta.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Augusta University are $20,712 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Augusta University also did well on our Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

McNeese State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general psychology programs. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

McNeese graduate students pay an average of $16,450 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, FL

Saint Leo University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. St. Leo University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Saint Leo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. Leo University are $15,218 a year.

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#8

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

With a ranking of #8, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.

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

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University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa.

USF Tampa graduate students pay an average of $21,126 in tuition and fees each year.

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Arkansas State University - Main Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

A-State graduate students pay an average of $11,408 in tuition and fees each year.

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Eastern Kentucky University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is a large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Eastern are $13,800 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for General Psychology graduate students in the Southeast Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value General Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
13 Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA
14 Lynn University Boca Raton, FL
15 Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR
15 Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC

Best General Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best general psychology schools 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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