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2023 Best Value Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$10,857 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,738 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, psychology was ranked 7th in Kentucky. In fact, 819 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Kentucky to see which doctor'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.

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 Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for psychology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Psychology

#1

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

Our analysis found University of the Cumberlands to be the best value school for psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Kentucky. Cumberlands is a large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Williamsburg.

Cumberlands graduate students pay an average of $4,582 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spalding University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Louisville, Spalding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Spalding are $12,106 a year.

Spalding did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.

UK graduate students pay an average of $13,674 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UK also took the #4 spot in our Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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Out of the 6 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Eastern is a large public school located in the town of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Eastern are $10,200 a year.

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#5

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Louisville is a great value for psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofL are $13,725 per year.

UofL also took the #5 spot in our Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for psychology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WKU are $12,140 a year.

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Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 134
Florida 2,049
Virginia 1,767
Tennessee 424
North Carolina 318
Georgia 495
West Virginia 195
Louisiana 249
South Carolina 169
Arkansas 47
Alabama 355

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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 Nevit Dilmen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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