2025 Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

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.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of counseling psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 doctor's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

Your choice of counseling psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality counseling psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on counseling psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of counseling psychology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized counseling psychology related body.

Our full 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.

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 Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Counseling Psychology in New York

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

Top New York 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

It's difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.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 a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.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

University at Buffalo is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from University at Buffalo

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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Rankings in Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Counseling Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	193
School Psychology	87
Educational Psychology	20
Clinical Child Psychology	9
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	3
Forensic Psychology	3

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.