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

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 Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 110 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college'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 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

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 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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Kentucky Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

10 Annual Graduates

$94,684 Median Starting Salary

University of Kentucky is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a very large student population.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their doctor's degree from University of Kentucky earn $11,962 more than the average clinical psychology graduate.

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

2

University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY

54 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of the Cumberlands if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the remote town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of the Cumberlands

3

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

12 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to look into Eastern Kentucky University. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Eastern Kentucky University

4

Spalding University
Louisville, KY

26 Annual Graduates

$70,760 Median Starting Salary

Spalding University is a great choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the large city of Louisville, Spalding is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduation, clinical psychology doctorate recipients generally earn around $70,760 at the beginning of their careers.

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

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	215
Virginia	127	141
Georgia	126	59
North Carolina	115	25
Mississippi	113	49
Louisiana	103	9
Tennessee	102	29
Alabama	98	28
South Carolina	91	10
Arkansas	58	8
West Virginia	49	17

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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	54
Counseling Psychology	52
Other Psychology & Counseling	2
School Psychology	1
Educational Psychology	1

Majors Similar to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	6

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.