2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #88 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 792 bachelor's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The clinical psychology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

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

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to clinical, counseling & applied psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other clinical, counseling & applied psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for clinical, counseling & applied psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in the Great Lakes Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Clinical Psychology

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

26 Annual Graduates

$39,808 Median Starting Salary

University of Chicago is a great option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.

Bachelor's recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology program at University of Chicago get $3,428 more than the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Chicago

2

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

11 Annual Graduates

Loyola University Chicago is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Loyola University Chicago

3

Ball State University
Muncie, IN

60 Annual Graduates

Ball State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Ball State University

4

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

61 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Central Michigan University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Central Michigan University

5

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

122 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from University of Illinois at Chicago

6

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

49 Annual Graduates

$28,007 Median Starting Salary

WMU is a large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program make about $28,007 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Western Michigan University

7

Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN

313 Annual Graduates

$35,086 Median Starting Salary

Purdue University Global is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the clinical psychology program state that they receive average early career wages of $35,086.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Purdue University Global

8

Tiffin University
Tiffin, OH

46 Annual Graduates

$38,989 Median Starting Salary

$36,748 Median Student Debt

Located in the town of Tiffin, Tiffin University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their bachelor's degree from Tiffin University receive $2,609 more than the standard clinical psychology grad.

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Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical, counseling & applied psychology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	79
Ohio	252	78
Illinois	241	98
Indiana	235	437

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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Clinical Psychology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Behavior Analysis	422
Applied Psychology	194
Health/Medical Psychology	53
Forensic Psychology	50
Counseling Psychology	30
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	20
Other Psychology & Counseling	11
Clinical Psychology	5
Performance and Sport Psychology	5
Family Psychology	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	12,982
Child Development & Psychology	3,352
Other Psychology	23

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.