2023 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools
Finding the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology School for You
In 2020-2021, 29,224 clinical, counseling and applied psychology students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. This report analyzed 657 schools in the United States 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.
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2023 Most Popular Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in the United States
Check out the clinical psychology programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
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. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
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Out of the 657 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the # 2 spot on the list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great place for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
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The excellent programs at Nova Southeastern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools in the United States. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
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Out of the 657 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Pepperdine is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malibu.
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Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.
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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Florida Institute of Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the small city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Adler 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 #11 on the list. Adler is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Carlos Albizu University - San Juan ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. Carlos Albizu University - San Juan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Juan.
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Alliant International University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the city of San Diego, Alliant is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #14, Lamar University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Northwestern 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. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
University of the Cumberlands ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. Located in the remote town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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Touro University Worldwide landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. Located in the large suburb of Los Alamitos, TUW is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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Teachers College at Columbia University ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools list. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
Adams 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 #19 on the list. Adams State is a small public school located in the town of Alamosa.
George Mason University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.
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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
California Institute of Integral Studies came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. Located in the large city of San Francisco, CIIS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #23, Lindsey Wilson College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. Located in the town of Columbia, Lindsey Wilson College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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With a ranking of #24, National Louis University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for clinical, counseling and applied psychology students. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
University of Denver came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools ranking. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
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Rest of the Top 50 Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools
Remaining Award Winners
This list represents the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 657 different United States clinical, counseling and applied psychology schools we analyzed.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top 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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Majors Related to Clinical Psychology
One of 3 majors within the area of study, clinical, counseling and applied psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Psychology | 8,051 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 2,576 |
| Other Psychology | 2,162 |
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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