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Best Value Colleges for Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

50

Schools Ranked

$31,982

Avg. Earnings

8.7 yrs

Best Payback

2,947

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public	$7,187	$38,289	8.7 yrs
2	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA · Private	$17,098	$42,433	9.2 yrs
3	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	$15,561	$41,565	9.5 yrs
4	Bryant University Smithfield, RI · Private	$37,946	$47,260	12.4 yrs
5	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott, AZ · Private	$33,894	$41,937	19.5 yrs
6	Emmanuel College Boston, MA · Private	$29,397	$40,945	19.8 yrs
7	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL · Private	$35,468	$41,937	20.5 yrs
8	Albright College Reading, PA · Private	$17,867	$38,289	21.7 yrs
9	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN · Public	$13,140	$36,776	29.6 yrs
10	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA · Private	$23,635	$37,208	42.8 yrs
11	Florida Institute of Technology-Online Melbourne, FL · Private	$23,837	$37,208	43.2 yrs
12	Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL · Private	$30,375	$37,208	55 yrs
13	The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY · Private	$21,534	$36,141	75.5 yrs
14	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN · Public	$14,498	$35,060	966.5 yrs
15	Pace University New York, NY · Private	$28,066	$33,281	N/A
16	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA · Private	$28,538	$31,133	N/A
17	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI · Public	$20,840	$31,236	N/A
18	University of Chicago Chicago, IL · Private	$8,375	$32,925	N/A
19	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY · Public	$10,914	$30,771	N/A
20	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public	$14,310	$30,771	N/A
21	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA · Public	$24,139	$31,314	N/A
22	Champlain College Burlington, VT · Private	$32,288	$30,409	N/A
23	Husson University Bangor, ME · Private	$17,694	$31,127	N/A
24	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY · Public	$7,811	$34,420	N/A
25	Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles, CA · Private	$33,649	$19,455	N/A
26	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	$8,393	$33,726	N/A
27	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA · Public	$9,439	$33,726	N/A
28	Lesley University Cambridge, MA · Private	$32,725	$32,925	N/A
29	Boston University Boston, MA · Private	$18,458	$33,726	N/A
30	SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY · Public	$16,849	$32,569	N/A
31	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS · Public	$18,449	$20,824	N/A
32	University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI · Public	$13,218	$27,947	N/A
33	Johnson & Wales University-Providence Providence, RI · Private	$28,090	$28,417	N/A
34	Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR · Public	$16,695	$31,314	N/A
35	SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY · Public	$20,871	$21,052	N/A
36	University of North Texas Denton, TX · Public	$14,132	$29,685	N/A
37	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	$5,700	$24,837	N/A
38	Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC · Private	$18,333	$28,779	N/A
39	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Belton, TX · Private	$25,685	$25,194	N/A
40	Clayton State University Morrow, GA · Public	$13,406	$30,771	N/A
41	Keystone College La Plume, PA · Private	$26,212	$24,532	N/A
42	Point University West Point, GA · Private	$25,853	$28,055	N/A
43	Grace College and Theological Seminary Winona Lake, IN · Private	$18,727	$24,035	N/A
44	Toccoa Falls College Toccoa Falls, GA · Private	$22,903	$25,194	N/A
45	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL · Public	$9,426	$32,711	N/A
46	University of Puerto Rico at Ponce Ponce, PR · Public	$10,057	$12,776	N/A
47	Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL · Private	$13,036	$29,064	N/A
48	University of Puerto Rico-Carolina Carolina, PR · Public	$8,930	$16,394	N/A
49	University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Arecibo, PR · Public	$12,865	$13,702	N/A
50	Chowan University Murfreesboro, NC · Private	$17,576	$21,850	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.