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

If you pursue a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #8 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee 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 43 doctor's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 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.

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 Tennessee.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

1

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

15 Annual Graduates

$85,214 Median Starting Salary

University of Memphis is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Memphis.

Doctorate students who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program make an average of $85,214 for their early career.

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

2

Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, TN

11 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Freed-Hardeman University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. FHU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Henderson.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Freed-Hardeman University

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

Explore all the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges 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
Alabama	98	28
South Carolina	91	10
Kentucky	87	74
Arkansas	58	8
West Virginia	49	17

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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
Counseling Psychology	12
Applied Behavior Analysis	11
Educational Psychology	8
School Psychology	5
Other Psychology & Counseling	4
Community Psychology	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	45
Child Development & Psychology	21

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.