2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England 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.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 313 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. 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 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 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

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 colleges for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Clinical Psychology

1

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

133 Annual Graduates

$42,384 Median Starting Salary

$64,847 Median Student Debt

Boston College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.

Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their bachelor's degree from Boston College make $8,005 more than the typical clinical psychology grad.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Boston College

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

28 Annual Graduates

$35,806 Median Starting Salary

Tufts University is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program earn about $35,806 in the first couple years of working.

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

3

Salem State University
Salem, MA

14 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology has to take a look at Salem State University. Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Salem State University

4

Emmanuel College Massachusetts
Boston, MA

34 Annual Graduates

$41,522 Median Starting Salary

$42,640 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Emmanuel College Massachusetts if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Emmanuel Boston is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston.

Bachelor's recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology degree program at Emmanuel College Massachusetts make $7,143 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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5

Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA

21 Annual Graduates

Bay Path is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Longmeadow.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Bay Path University

6

Lesley University
Cambridge, MA

13 Annual Graduates

$38,404 Median Starting Salary

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

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology bachelor's degree recipients from Lesley University receive an earnings boost of about $4,025 over the average income of clinical, counseling & applied psychology majors.

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7

Thomas College
Waterville, ME

11 Annual Graduates

$35,065 Median Starting Salary

Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Waterville.

After graduating, clinical psychology bachelor's recipients generally earn about $35,065 at the beginning of their careers.

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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 New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	271
New Hampshire	157	21
Rhode Island	157	37
Maine	156	41
Vermont	155	14

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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
Applied Psychology	142
Counseling Psychology	48
Clinical Psychology	41
Forensic Psychology	39
Health/Medical Psychology	19
Applied Behavior Analysis	14
Community Psychology	10

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	9,842
Child Development & Psychology	1,360

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.