2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

If you pursue a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #7 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 446 master'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 Master's Degree

Your choice of clinical, counseling & applied psychology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality clinical psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - How many other clinical, counseling & applied psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 much debt clinical, counseling & applied psychology students go into to obtain their master'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 master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in Wisconsin

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

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Master's in Clinical Psychology

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

95 Annual Graduates

$55,617 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, clinical psychology master's recipients typically make around $55,617 at the beginning of their careers.

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2

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Whitewater, WI

23 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UW - Whitewater is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Whitewater.More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

3

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI

18 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the city of Eau Claire, UW - Eau Claire is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

4

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
La Crosse, WI

22 Annual Graduates

$61,488 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is a great choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from University of Wisconsin - La Crosse get an earnings boost of approximately $6,742 above the average earnings of clinical, counseling & applied psychology majors.

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5

University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI

48 Annual Graduates

$62,190 Median Starting Salary

UW - Stout is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Menomonie.

Master's recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology degree program at University of Wisconsin - Stout make $7,444 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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6

University of Wisconsin - River Falls
River Falls, WI

21 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Wisconsin - River Falls

7

Concordia University, Wisconsin
Mequon, WI

24 Annual Graduates

$50,801 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program earn around $50,801 in the first couple years of their career.

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8

Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI

47 Annual Graduates

$54,165 Median Starting Salary

Alverno is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Milwaukee.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program make around $54,165 in the first couple years of their career.

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Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	1,441
Michigan	211	448
Ohio	207	549
Indiana	191	317

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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
School Psychology	201
Educational Psychology	112
Counseling Psychology	74
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	27
Community Psychology	17
Clinical Psychology	11
Performance and Sport Psychology	4

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	30
Child Development & Psychology	10

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.