2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #88 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 124 bachelor's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to clinical, counseling & applied psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other clinical, counseling & applied psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for clinical, counseling & applied psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized clinical, counseling & applied psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in Michigan

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Clinical Psychology

1

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

61 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Central Michigan University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Central Michigan University

2

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

49 Annual Graduates

$28,007 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology has to take a look at Western Michigan University. WMU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program make about $28,007 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Western Michigan University

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	252	78
Illinois	241	98
Indiana	235	437

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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Clinical Psychology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Health/Medical Psychology	53
Applied Behavior Analysis	49
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	12
Performance and Sport Psychology	5
Counseling Psychology	4
Family Psychology	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	2,634
Child Development & Psychology	800

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.