2024 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #8 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 49 doctor's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 clinical, counseling & applied psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other clinical, counseling & applied 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt clinical, counseling & applied psychology students go into to obtain their doctor'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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in Mississippi

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

Top Mississippi Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Mississippi State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Mississippi State is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Mississippi State.More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Mississippi State University

2

Mississippi College
Clinton, MS

35 Annual Graduates

$49,078 Median Starting Salary

Mississippi College is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the large suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

After graduation, clinical psychology doctorate recipients typically make an average of $49,078 in their early careers.

More information about a doctorate in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Mississippi College

Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	215
Virginia	127	141
Georgia	126	59
North Carolina	115	25
Louisiana	103	9
Tennessee	102	29
Alabama	98	28
South Carolina	91	10
Kentucky	87	74
Arkansas	58	8
West Virginia	49	17

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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Clinical Psychology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Counseling Psychology	35
Educational Psychology	10
Clinical Psychology	4

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	28

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.