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

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 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 797 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 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 master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Colorado.

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

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

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in Clinical Psychology

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

125 Annual Graduates

$48,123 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Denver if you want to pursue a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the clinical psychology program state that they receive average early career earnings of $48,123.

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2

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

95 Annual Graduates

$50,573 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to take a look at University of Northern Colorado. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the clinical psychology program report average early career earnings of $50,573.

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3

Adams State University
Alamosa, CO

321 Annual Graduates

$49,131 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Adams State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Adams State is a small public university located in the remote town of Alamosa.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program earn around $49,131 in the first couple years of their career.

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4

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

16 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology has to check out University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

5

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

13 Annual Graduates

$67,559 Median Starting Salary

Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from Colorado State University - Fort Collins receive an earnings boost of approximately $18,543 above the average earnings of clinical, counseling & applied psychology majors.

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6

Naropa University
Boulder, CO

139 Annual Graduates

$37,793 Median Starting Salary

Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, Naropa is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program earn an average of $37,793 in their early career salary.

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Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	164	85
Idaho	96	7
Montana	90	28

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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	650
Educational Psychology	36
School Psychology	35
Forensic Psychology	33
Clinical Psychology	18
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	13
Clinical Child Psychology	7
Applied Psychology	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Psychology	70
General Psychology	58

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.