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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$12,487 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, psychology was ranked 4th in Minnesota. In fact, 3,279 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Minnesota 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Minnesota. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

MSU Moorhead graduate students pay an average of $11,052 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in Minnesota. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Capella University are $14,784 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in Minnesota. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 per year.

Full Psychology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 375
Missouri 518
Iowa 89
North Dakota 79
Nebraska 179
South Dakota 71

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

Majors Similar to Psychology

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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