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

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.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 257 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

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 the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

1

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

26 Annual Graduates

$75,719 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to take a look at University of Hartford. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their doctor's degree from University of Hartford make $5,433 more than the standard clinical psychology graduate.

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

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to check out University of Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Rhode Island

3

Endicott College
Beverly, MA

11 Annual Graduates

Endicott College is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Beverly.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Endicott College

4

Western New England University
Springfield, MA

10 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology has to look into Western New England University. Western New England is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Springfield.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Western New England University

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical, counseling & applied psychology colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	153	171
Connecticut	93	28
Rhode Island	78	18
New Hampshire	47	21
Maine	46	3

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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	150
Applied Behavior Analysis	30
Counseling Psychology	19
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	13
Educational Psychology	13
School Psychology	12
Other Psychology & Counseling	11
Applied Psychology	9

Majors Similar to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	68
General Psychology	43
Other Psychology	2

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.