2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools
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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 777 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in Clinical & Counseling Psychology
Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means National University is a great place for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, John Jay is a public school with a large student population.
After completing their degree, clinical psychology graduates from John Jay carry an average student debt load of $13,343. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $263, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
The excellent programs at Nova Southeastern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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Pepperdine University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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Florida Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.
On average, clinical psychology graduates from Florida Tech take out $31,000 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $469.
Arizona State University - Skysong ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
Purdue University Global came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a fairly large student population.
After completing their degree, clinical psychology graduates from Purdue University Global carry an average student debt load of $42,125.
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
With a ranking of #13, Adler University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the city of Chicago, Adler is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Carlos Albizu University - San Juan landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the large city of San Juan, Carlos Albizu University - San Juan is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Alliant International University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. It came in at #15 on the list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
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Lamar University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Beaumont.
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With a ranking of #17, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
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University of Phoenix - Arizona ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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University of the Cumberlands came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Williamsburg.
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Touro University Worldwide did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. It came in at #20 on the list. TUW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Los Alamitos.
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With a ranking of #21, Teachers College at Columbia University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the large city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #22, Adams State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the remote town of Alamosa, Adams State is a public college with a small student population.
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With a ranking of #23, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
On average, clinical psychology graduates from UC take out $18,750 in student loans while working on their degree.
Ball State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. It came in at #24 on the list. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.
George Mason University ranked #25 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Rest of the Top 50 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list shows the rest of the schools awarded a Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 777 different United States clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Clinical & Counseling Psychology students that almost earned our Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools award.
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology by Region
View the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools for a specific region near you.
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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Related Majors
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Psychology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| 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.
- 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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