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

Counseling Psychology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #52 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 312 doctor's degrees in counseling psychology to qualified students.

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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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

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

The counseling psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in counseling psychology.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is a good decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from University of Georgia

2

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Auburn University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Auburn University

3

Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

58 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Regent University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Regent is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Virginia Beach.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Regent University

4

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

118 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is a great decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Liberty University

5

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

UofM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Memphis.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from University of Memphis

6

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the town of Williamsburg.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from University of the Cumberlands

7

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University

8

Mississippi College
Clinton, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

MC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Clinton.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Mississippi College

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best counseling psychology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	14
Georgia	190	20
Virginia	182	84
Mississippi	154	35
Tennessee	150	7
Louisiana	146	4
Alabama	139	9
Kentucky	119	12
West Virginia	61	6

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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 Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	288
Educational Psychology	45
School Psychology	41
Health/Medical Psychology	26
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	25
Applied Behavior Analysis	15
Other Psychology & Counseling	12
Community Psychology	6
Applied 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.