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

Ranked #8 in popularity, clinical, counseling & applied psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Ohio 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 70 doctor'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 Doctor's Degree

The clinical psychology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality clinical 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.

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

The clinical 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 Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio.

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

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

Top Ohio Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

1

Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH

18 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to take a look at Xavier University. Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cincinnati.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Xavier University

2

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

10 Annual Graduates

$58,818 Median Starting Salary

Kent State University at Kent is a good decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Kent State is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kent.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the clinical psychology program state that they receive average early career wages of $58,818.

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

3

Wright State University - Main Campus
Dayton, OH

20 Annual Graduates

$85,744 Median Starting Salary

Wright State University - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Wright State University - Main Campus is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Dayton.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their doctor's degree from Wright State University - Main Campus make $14,797 more than the average clinical psychology student.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Wright State University - Main Campus

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	337
Michigan	149	65
Indiana	132	68
Wisconsin	108	53

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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

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	48
Community Psychology	6
Counseling Psychology	6
Educational Psychology	5
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	3
School Psychology	2

Majors Similar to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	45
Child Development & Psychology	37

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.