2024 Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #391 out of 1232 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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for counseling psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 92 bachelor's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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 counseling psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of counseling psychology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• 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 schools for counseling psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Counseling Psychology in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Counseling Psychology

1

Faulkner University
Montgomery, AL

9 Annual Graduates

Faulkner University is a good choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the medium-sized city of Montgomery, Faulkner is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in counseling psychology from Faulkner University

2

Toccoa Falls College
Toccoa Falls, GA

25 Annual Graduates

Toccoa Falls College is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. Toccoa Falls is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Toccoa Falls.More information about a bachelor’s in counseling psychology from Toccoa Falls College

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best counseling psychology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	8
Tennessee	460	11
North Carolina	453	9
Georgia	453	25
South Carolina	370	22
Kentucky	331	6
Alabama	320	9
Arkansas	294	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

One of 17 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Counseling Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Psychology	156
Community Psychology	138
Educational Psychology	51
Other Psychology & Counseling	32
Forensic Psychology	29
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	24
Health/Medical Psychology	17
Clinical Psychology	12
Applied Behavior Analysis	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.