by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,463 people earned their degree in counseling psychology, making the major the 90th most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 771 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,315 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in counseling psychology. To top this list, a school must have a successful counseling psychology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Our Lady of the Lake University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Full Our Lady of the Lake University Counseling Psychology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate list. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 7 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s counseling psychology students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Counseling Psychology at Texas Tech University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate list. Texas Woman’s University is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Counseling Psychology at Texas Woman’s University
University of Houston landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate ranking. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 5 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Counseling Psychology Report
Angelo State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Counseling Psychology Major in Texas for a Doctorate list. Angelo State University is a fairly large public school situated in San Angelo, Texas. It awarded 11 doctorate’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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