2024 Best Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Counseling Psychology is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #22 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of counseling psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 12 master's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’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 master'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for counseling psychology students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Counseling Psychology in Mississippi

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

Top Mississippi Schools for a Master's in Counseling Psychology

1

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

William Carey University is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in counseling psychology. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Hattiesburg.More information about a master’s in counseling psychology from William Carey University

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in counseling psychology needs to take a look at University of Southern Mississippi. Southern Miss is a large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.More information about a master’s in counseling psychology from University of Southern Mississippi

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	339
Georgia	370	67
Virginia	331	617
Tennessee	313	93
Kentucky	268	556
South Carolina	260	40
Alabama	258	186
Louisiana	250	39

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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.

Majors Similar to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Psychology	9

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.