2025 Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

a doctor's degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #6 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 147 doctor's degrees in psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The psychology doctor'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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor'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 doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor'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 psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 psychology students go into to obtain their doctor'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 psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

The 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 Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Psychology in Colorado

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in psychology.

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Psychology

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

67 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Denver if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Denver

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in psychology. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Colorado Boulder

3

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

University of Northern Colorado is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Northern Colorado

4

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in psychology. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in psychology from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Best Psychology Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Psychology Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	24	39
Montana	15	10
Idaho	15	9
Wyoming	12	5

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	111
General Psychology	35
Child Development & Psychology	1

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nevit Dilmen. More about our data sources and methodologies.