2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #88 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 142 bachelor's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

The clinical psychology bachelor'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

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges 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.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 - How many other clinical, counseling & applied psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for clinical, counseling & applied psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized clinical, counseling & applied psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Clinical Psychology

1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

23 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

2

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA

12 Annual Graduates

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

3

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

11 Annual Graduates

$43,964 Median Starting Salary

Thomas Jefferson University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Bachelor's recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology degree program at Thomas Jefferson University make $8,141 above the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Thomas Jefferson University

4

Albright College
Reading, PA

14 Annual Graduates

$48,838 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology has to look into Albright College. Located in the city of Reading, Albright is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their bachelor's degree from Albright College make $13,015 more than the average clinical psychology graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Albright College

5

Delaware Valley University
Doylestown, PA

22 Annual Graduates

$29,383 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Doylestown, DelVal is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the clinical psychology program state that they receive average early career income of $29,383.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Delaware Valley University

6

Clarks Summit University
Clarks Summit, PA

20 Annual Graduates

$30,956 Median Starting Salary

CSU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Clarks Summit.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program make an average of $30,956 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Clarks Summit University

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	830
Maryland	207	15
New Jersey	193	9
Delaware	130	3

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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Clinical Psychology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Counseling Psychology	42
Applied Psychology	34
Educational Psychology	26
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	17
Applied Behavior Analysis	12
Health/Medical Psychology	11

Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	4,066
Child Development & Psychology	890
Other Psychology	4

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.