2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Ranked #7 in popularity, clinical, counseling & applied psychology is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 59 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,713 master's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology School for Your Master's Degree

The clinical psychology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - The number of clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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 master'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 colleges for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students seeking a a master's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Clinical Psychology

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

70 Annual Graduates

$52,641 Median Starting Salary

University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program make about $52,641 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Pennsylvania

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

91 Annual Graduates

$58,541 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to check out George Washington University. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their master's degree from George Washington University earn $6,239 more than the typical clinical psychology graduate.

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3

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

35 Annual Graduates

$63,180 Median Starting Salary

Hofstra University is a great option for students pursuing a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hempstead.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their master's degree from Hofstra University make $10,878 more than the average clinical psychology graduate.

More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Hofstra University

4

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

50 Annual Graduates

$47,854 Median Starting Salary

Loyola University Maryland is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the clinical psychology program report average early career income of $47,854.

More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Loyola University Maryland

5

LIU Post
Brookville, NY

67 Annual Graduates

$68,497 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Brookville, LIU Post is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their master's degree from LIU Post make $16,195 more than the standard clinical psychology grad.

More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from LIU Post

6

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

76 Annual Graduates

$55,074 Median Starting Salary

Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from Temple University receive an earnings boost of approximately $2,772 above the typical income of clinical, counseling & applied psychology majors.

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7

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

13 Annual Graduates

University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo.More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University at Buffalo

8

Queens College
Queens, NY

50 Annual Graduates

$68,068 Median Starting Salary

QC is a large public college located in the city of Queens.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from Queens College earn a boost of about $15,766 over the average earnings of clinical, counseling & applied psychology graduates.

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9

Adelphi University
Garden City, NY

22 Annual Graduates

Adelphi is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Garden City.More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Adelphi University

10

La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA

47 Annual Graduates

$49,849 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the clinical psychology program report average early career earnings of $49,849.

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11

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA

15 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Saint Joseph’s University

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology students in the Middle Atlantic Region that almost earned our Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank	College	Location
12	Hunter College	New York, NY
13	University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus	Pittsburgh, PA
14	Rider University	Lawrenceville, NJ
15	University of Maryland - College Park	College Park, MD
16	St John’s University - New York	Queens, NY
17	Rutgers University - New Brunswick	New Brunswick, NJ
18	Marist College	Poughkeepsie, NY
19	Chestnut Hill College	Philadelphia, PA

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical, counseling & applied psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	912
Pennsylvania	248	988
Maryland	193	132
New Jersey	188	385
District of Columbia	154	173
Delaware	109	13

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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Clinical Psychology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Counseling Psychology	825
School Psychology	486
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	290
Applied Behavior Analysis	279
Forensic Psychology	260
Clinical Psychology	224
Educational Psychology	175
Applied Psychology	131
Other Psychology & Counseling	25
Community Psychology	16

Majors Similar to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	1,187
General Psychology	954
Other Psychology	179

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.