2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 doctor's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor'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

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on clinical, counseling & applied psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of clinical, counseling & applied 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for clinical, counseling & applied psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor'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 colleges for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

1

Ball State University
Muncie, IN

12 Annual Graduates

$82,546 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology has to check out Ball State University. Ball State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Muncie.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their doctor's degree from Ball State University receive $4,463 more than the standard clinical psychology student.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Ball State University

2

University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

28 Annual Graduates

$82,258 Median Starting Salary

University of Indianapolis is a good option for students interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UIndy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Indianapolis.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their doctor's degree from University of Indianapolis earn $4,175 more than the standard clinical psychology graduate.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Indianapolis

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

View All Rankings >

Rankings in Majors Related to Clinical Psychology

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

Clinical Psychology Focus Areas

Majors Similar to Clinical Psychology

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.