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2023 Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region

82 Colleges
$52,754 Avg Salary
$27,587 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology School for You

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is the #30 most popular major in the country with 33,758 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 82 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges.

Top 15% Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Our analysis found Brandman University to be the best school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fielding Graduate University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small city of Santa Barbara, Fielding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

Palo Alto University

Palo Alto, CA

The excellent programs at Palo Alto University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the rural area of Palo Alto, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

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The excellent programs at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#6

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. It came in at #6 on the list. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Santa Clara.

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University of Southern California came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Fuller Theological Seminary came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Fuller is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Pasadena.

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#9

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, CA

With a ranking of #9, Touro University Worldwide did quite well on this year’s best schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the large suburb of Los Alamitos, TUW is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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California State University - Long Beach ranked #10 on this year’s Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Washington - Bothell Campus landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the suburb of Bothell, UW Bothell is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Clinical Psychology majors at UW Bothell take out an average of $16,456 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#12

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Clinical & Counseling Psychology students in the Far Western US Region that almost earned our Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
13 The Wright Institute Berkeley, CA
14 The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Irvine Irvine, CA
15 California State University - Northridge Northridge, CA
16 Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,163
Washington 432
Oregon 434
Nevada 36
Hawaii 122
Alaska 24

One of 3 majors within the area of study, clinical, counseling and applied psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Clinical Psychology

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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