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2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California

71 Colleges
$53,704 Avg Salary
$30,644 Avg Student Debt

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

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is the #21 most popular major in California with 6,163 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 71 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

Check out the clinical psychology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

#1

National University

La Jolla, CA

Our 2023 rankings named National University the most popular school in California 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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#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

The excellent programs at Pepperdine University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in California. Located in the large suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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The excellent programs at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in California. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alliant International University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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#5

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, CA

Out of the 71 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Touro University Worldwide landed the # 5 spot on the list. TUW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Los Alamitos.

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California Institute of Integral Studies did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. It came in at #6 on the list. CIIS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#7

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

Fielding Graduate University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Fielding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Santa Barbara.

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California Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California ranking. Cal Baptist is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverside.

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#9

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#10

Palo Alto University

Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California ranking. Pacific Graduate School of Psychology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Palo Alto.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Clinical & Counseling Psychology students in the state of California that almost earned our Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools in California award.

Rank College Location
11 Antioch University - Los Angeles Culver City, CA
12 University of California - San Diego La Jolla, CA
13 The Wright Institute Berkeley, CA
14 Brandman University Irvine, CA

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

Explore all the Most Popular Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 432
Oregon 434
Nevada 36
Hawaii 122
Alaska 24

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

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 26 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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