2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #88 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of clinical, counseling & applied psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 166 bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of clinical, counseling & applied psychology for getting your bachelor'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 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 bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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 - The number of clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 bachelor'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 schools for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in Washington

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

Top Washington Schools for a Bachelor's in Clinical Psychology

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Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA

69 Annual Graduates

Eastern Washington University is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Eastern Washington University

2

City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA

14 Annual Graduates

City University of Seattle is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the large city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from City University of Seattle

3

University of Washington - Bothell Campus
Bothell, WA

78 Annual Graduates

$33,192 Median Starting Salary

University of Washington - Bothell Campus is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UW Bothell is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Bothell.

Soon after graduation, clinical psychology bachelor's recipients generally earn around $33,192 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Washington - Bothell Campus

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	341
Oregon	185	103
Alaska	75	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Clinical Psychology

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Clinical Psychology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Community Psychology	78
Health/Medical Psychology	69
Applied Psychology	14
Forensic Psychology	4
Counseling Psychology	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	1,830
Child Development & Psychology	590
Other Psychology	14

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.