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

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 233 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 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 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 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 Texas list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

35 Annual Graduates

$74,940 Median Starting Salary

Texas A&M University - College Station is a great option for students interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Soon after graduating, clinical psychology doctorate recipients generally earn around $74,940 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Texas A&M University - College Station

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

26 Annual Graduates

$64,484 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the city of Austin.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the clinical psychology program report average early career income of $64,484.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from The University of Texas at Austin

3

University of Houston
Houston, TX

41 Annual Graduates

$77,167 Median Starting Salary

University of Houston is a great choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UH is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Houston.

Doctorate recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology degree program at University of Houston earn $2,129 above the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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

4

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

22 Annual Graduates

$69,689 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to look into Texas Tech University. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduation, clinical psychology doctorate recipients usually make about $69,689 in their early careers.

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5

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

26 Annual Graduates

$88,912 Median Starting Salary

UNT is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Denton.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their doctor's degree from University of North Texas make $13,874 more than the typical clinical psychology graduate.

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6

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX

11 Annual Graduates

SHSU is a very large public university located in the town of Huntsville.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Sam Houston State University

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	119	128
Oklahoma	92	34
New Mexico	59	5

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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	68
Counseling Psychology	63
Educational Psychology	62
School Psychology	24
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	11
Clinical Child Psychology	5

Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	46
General Psychology	30

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.