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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$11,376 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, psychology students earned 424 degrees and certificates from a Tennessee school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 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 Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Tennessee 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

Check out the psychology graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Psychology

#1

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Austin Peay State University are $9,841 per year.

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#2

Freed-Hardeman University

Henderson, TN

Out of the 5 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Freed-Hardeman University landed the # 2 spot on the list. FHU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Henderson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FHU are $10,980 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Knoxville are $13,380 a year.

UT Knoxville also made our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #5.

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#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in Tennessee. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $10,908 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

Out of the 5 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Lipscomb University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Lipscomb graduate students pay an average of $17,100 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Lipscomb also made our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #2.

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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
North Carolina 318
Georgia 495
West Virginia 195
Louisiana 249
South Carolina 169
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 5 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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