grad school

I have been so stressed out this summer about grad school. I really want to get my doctorate, and was investigation PhD programs close to home so I could be near family as little ones are raised. However, I just never really felt at peace about the whole thing. research is not my favorite, and PhD programs are based on research and the capacity of an individual for future research. I am not interested in spending my whole life researching, and the prestigious programs I was looking into were all geared toward that. 

And then I remembered my long-lost love, the PsyD. It just fits me, and what I want to do professionally. There were a few schools I had investigated, but none of them really seemed impressive to me. So tonight, I searched the web, and narrowed down schools by location. My top 3 so far are indiana state university, wheaton college, and the chicago school of professional psychology---in that order. I just feel much more at peace about them, versus the prestigious and scientist-practitioner models of the other schools. 

I want to make a good decision, and I don't want to be in debt for the rest of my life. I want to know that I'm doing the right thing and that I'm headed in the right direction. I don't know how to know that though. That's the trouble.