2024 Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

Ranked #52 in popularity, counseling psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for counseling psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 23 doctor's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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 counseling psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other counseling psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized counseling psychology related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Counseling 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 Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Counseling Psychology in Colorado

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in counseling psychology.

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology

1

University of Denver
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Denver if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from University of Denver

2

Adams State University
Alamosa, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Adams State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the town of Alamosa, Adams State is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Adams State University

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Counseling Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Counseling Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	43
School Psychology	14
Clinical Child Psychology	10
Health/Medical Psychology	4
Educational Psychology	2

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.