2025 Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

If you pursue a doctor's degree in counseling psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #52 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 Texas.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Counseling Psychology in Texas

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for counseling psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in counseling psychology has to look into Texas A&M University - College Station. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Texas A&M University - College Station

2

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Texas Tech University is a good option for students interested in a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the city of Lubbock.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Texas Tech University

3

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of North Texas if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from University of North Texas

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Counseling Psychology Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma	124	14
New Mexico	73	5

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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.

Majors Similar to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	68
Educational Psychology	62
School Psychology	24
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	11
Clinical Child Psychology	5

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.