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

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.

College Factual looked at 33 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,922 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

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 Texas 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 Texas

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

10 Top Texas Schools for a Master's in Clinical Psychology

1

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

61 Annual Graduates

$60,503 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from Texas A&M University - College Station earn a boost of around $9,146 above the typical earnings of clinical, counseling & applied psychology graduates.

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2

Baylor University
Waco, TX

41 Annual Graduates

$58,663 Median Starting Salary

Baylor University is a great option for students pursuing a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

Master's recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology program at Baylor University get $7,306 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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3

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

28 Annual Graduates

$53,235 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduating, clinical psychology master's recipients generally earn an average of $53,235 in their early careers.

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4

University of North Texas
Denton, TX

156 Annual Graduates

$54,808 Median Starting Salary

University of North Texas is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their master's degree from University of North Texas receive $3,451 more than the average clinical psychology grad.

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5

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX

91 Annual Graduates

$44,512 Median Starting Salary

Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the clinical psychology program report average early career income of $44,512.

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6

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

13 Annual Graduates

Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the large city of Lubbock.More information about a master’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Texas Tech University

7

Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

76 Annual Graduates

$53,083 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduating, clinical psychology master's recipients typically make an average of $53,083 at the beginning of their careers.

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8

Lamar University
Beaumont, TX

520 Annual Graduates

$61,726 Median Starting Salary

Lamar University is a large public university located in the city of Beaumont.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from Lamar University get an earnings boost of approximately $10,369 above the average earnings of clinical, counseling & applied psychology majors.

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9

University of Houston - Clear Lake
Houston, TX

53 Annual Graduates

$62,552 Median Starting Salary

UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Houston.

Master's recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology program at University of Houston - Clear Lake get $11,195 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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10

The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

43 Annual Graduates

$62,131 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public university with a very large student population.

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from The University of Texas at San Antonio get an earnings boost of approximately $10,774 over the typical earnings of clinical, counseling & applied psychology graduates.

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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
Arizona	180	352
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
Counseling Psychology	1,033
School Psychology	193
Educational Psychology	189
Applied Behavior Analysis	184
Clinical Psychology	138
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	75
Applied Psychology	61
Family Psychology	40
Forensic Psychology	8
Clinical Child Psychology	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	212
Child Development & Psychology	118

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.