2024 Best Counseling Psychology Schools in Washington
6Colleges in Washington
182Counseling Psychology Degrees Awarded
Ranked #90 in popularity, counseling psychology is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for counseling psychology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 182 degrees in counseling psychology to qualified students.
Your choice of counseling psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for counseling psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The counseling 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 Counseling Psychology Schools in Washington.
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Best Schools for Counseling Psychology in Washington
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the counseling psychology degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Central Washington University if you want to pursue a degree in counseling psychology. CWU is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Ellensburg. A Best Colleges rank of #357 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CWU is a great university overall.
There were about 4 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Eastern Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in counseling psychology. EWU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Cheney. This university ranks 14th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 22 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Northwest University if you wish to pursue a degree in counseling psychology. Northwest University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Kirkland. This university ranks 18th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.More information about a degree in counseling psychology from Northwest University
Bastyr University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in counseling psychology. Located in the large suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 42 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at Bastyr University in the most recent data year.
CityU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #495 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CityU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at CityU in the most recent data year.
The Seattle School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.
There were approximately 54 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at The Seattle School in the most recent year we have data available.
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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).