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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$15,962 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 318 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the #16 most popular major in North Carolina.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in North Carolina 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 Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Psychology

#1

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Fayetteville State University the best value school in North Carolina for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fayetteville State University are $5,835 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the # 2 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $7,713 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Charlotte also took the #4 spot in our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Full Psychology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

Out of the 6 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Appalachian State are $8,007 a year.

Appalachian State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Psychology at Appalachian State University

#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great value for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

Read full report on Psychology at East Carolina University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WCU are $7,480 a year.

Read full report on Psychology at Western Carolina University

#6

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

Duke also made our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Psychology at Duke University

Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 134
Florida 2,049
Virginia 1,767
Tennessee 424
Georgia 495
South Carolina 169
Louisiana 249
West Virginia 195
Kentucky 819
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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