2025 Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Ranked #52 in popularity, counseling psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 doctor's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Counseling Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The counseling psychology doctor'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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 counseling psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other counseling psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized counseling psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for counseling psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Counseling Psychology Schools

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

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Counseling Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in counseling psychology.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in counseling psychology has to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Fordham University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Bronx.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Fordham University

3

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University at Buffalo if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from University at Buffalo

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best counseling psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	30
Pennsylvania	311	11
New Jersey	165	6
District of Columbia	143	2

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Counseling Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Counseling Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	486
School Psychology	145
Educational Psychology	29
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	11
Clinical Child Psychology	9
Forensic Psychology	3
Applied Psychology	1
Applied Behavior Analysis	1

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.