2024 Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #33 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 206 degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools List

Choosing a Great Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology School

Your choice of clinical, counseling & applied psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

 

Best Schools for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in Maryland

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the clinical psychology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Maryland Schools in Clinical Psychology

1

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

67 Clinical Psychology Degrees Awarded

10.4% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology has to look into Loyola University Maryland. Located in the city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were approximately 67 clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Maryland in the most recent year we have data available. Those clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who get their degree from Loyola University Maryland make $4,630 more than the average clinical psychology graduate.

More information about a degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology from Loyola University Maryland

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

$61,852 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in clinical, counseling & applied psychology has to look into University of Maryland - College Park. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.

There were roughly 8 clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the clinical, counseling & applied psychology major at University of Maryland - College Park earn $11,141 above the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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2

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In MD

17.4% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Maryland - Baltimore County if you want to pursue a degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. UMBC is a large public university located in the suburb of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #200 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMBC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 23 clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at UMBC in the most recent year we have data available.

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3

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In MD

35 Clinical Psychology Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Bowie State University if you wish to pursue a degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Bowie State University is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bowie. This university ranks 30th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were approximately 35 clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at Bowie State University in the most recent data year.

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4

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

6th Most Popular In MD

It's hard to beat Frostburg State University if you want to pursue a degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology. Located in the small suburb of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 28th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were roughly 7 clinical, counseling & applied psychology students who graduated with this degree at Frostburg State in the most recent data year.

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Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	334	1,401
New York	333	2,097
New Jersey	273	444
District of Columbia	188	305
Delaware	175	16

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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	112
Clinical Psychology	32
School Psychology	31
Other Psychology & Counseling	23
Educational Psychology	8

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Majors Similar to Clinical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	2,523
Child Development & Psychology	128
Other Psychology	8

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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.