Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #7 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 66 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Combined, these schools handed out 5,386 master's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of clinical, counseling & applied psychology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality clinical psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 clinical, counseling & applied psychology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other clinical, counseling & applied psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
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.
Student Debt - How much debt clinical, counseling & applied psychology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized clinical, counseling & applied psychology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools
The clinical 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 Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in the Southeast Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
13 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Clinical Psychology
Florida Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Florida Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Melbourne.
Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their master's degree from Florida Institute of Technology receive $20,200 more than the standard clinical psychology graduate.
University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from University of Georgia get an earnings boost of approximately $15,246 above the typical income of clinical, counseling & applied psychology graduates.
Located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from University of Virginia - Main Campus earn a boost of about $4,377 over the typical earnings of clinical, counseling & applied psychology majors.
USF Tampa is a very large public university located in the large city of Tampa.
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology master's degree recipients from University of South Florida - Main Campus get an earnings boost of around $15,881 over the typical income of clinical, counseling & applied psychology graduates.
Here are some additional great schools for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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.
Your choice of clinical, counseling & applied psychology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality clinical psychology program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
