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

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #7 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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 516 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. 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 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.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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

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 colleges for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in Arizona list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Arizona Schools for a Master's in Clinical Psychology

1

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

13 Annual Graduates

$62,275 Median Starting Salary

Northern Arizona University is a great option for students interested in a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Master's recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology major at Northern Arizona University earn $9,431 more than the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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2

Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, AZ

389 Annual Graduates

$49,202 Median Starting Salary

Arizona State University - Skysong is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduation, clinical psychology master's recipients typically make an average of $49,202 in their early careers.

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3

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

37 Annual Graduates

$49,202 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to take a look at Arizona State University - Tempe. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe.

Soon after graduation, clinical psychology master's recipients generally earn about $49,202 at the beginning of their careers.

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4

Aspen University
Phoenix, AZ

21 Annual Graduates

$52,040 Median Starting Salary

Aspen University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Aspen University is a moderately-sized private for-profit university located in the city of Phoenix.

Students who graduate with their master's from the clinical psychology program state that they receive average early career income of $52,040.

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	235	1,300
Oklahoma	153	270
New Mexico	114	34

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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
Forensic Psychology	351
Counseling Psychology	38
Applied Psychology	38
Applied Behavior Analysis	31
Clinical Psychology	24
School Psychology	15
Educational Psychology	9
Community Psychology	8
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Psychology	1,324
General Psychology	346

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.