2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #8 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 21 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 764 doctor's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of clinical, counseling & applied psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. 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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different 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 doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 doctor'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 much debt clinical, counseling & applied psychology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized clinical, counseling & applied psychology related body.

Our full 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

24 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

28 Annual Graduates

$94,561 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Hofstra University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Hofstra is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hempstead.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology doctor's degree recipients from Hofstra University receive an earnings boost of about $22,778 over the typical earnings of clinical, counseling & applied psychology graduates.

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

3

George Washington University
Washington, DC

24 Annual Graduates

$85,020 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat George Washington University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology doctor's degree recipients from George Washington University receive an earnings boost of approximately $13,237 over the typical income of clinical, counseling & applied psychology graduates.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from George Washington University

4

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

25 Annual Graduates

$73,724 Median Starting Salary

Fordham University is a great option for students interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Bronx.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program make an average of $73,724 for their early career.

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

5

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

19 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Loyola University Maryland

6

LIU Post
Brookville, NY

30 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Brookville, LIU Post is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from LIU Post

7

Yeshiva University
New York, NY

58 Annual Graduates

$60,441 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of New York, Yeshiva is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

After graduating, clinical psychology doctorate recipients typically make an average of $60,441 in the first five years of their career.

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

8

St John's University - New York
Queens, NY

35 Annual Graduates

$90,027 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology doctor's degree recipients from St John's University - New York earn a boost of around $18,244 over the typical income of clinical, counseling & applied psychology majors.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from St John’s University - New York

9

La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA

23 Annual Graduates

$74,447 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their doctor's degree from La Salle University receive $2,664 more than the standard clinical psychology grad.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from La Salle University

10

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ

38 Annual Graduates

FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Teaneck.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical, counseling & applied psychology schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	196
New York	174	345
Maryland	119	27
New Jersey	115	50
District of Columbia	81	132

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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Clinical Psychology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	486
School Psychology	145
Counseling Psychology	79
Educational Psychology	29
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	11
Clinical Child Psychology	9
Forensic Psychology	3
Applied Psychology	1
Applied Behavior Analysis	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	235
General Psychology	107
Other Psychology	11

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.