2025 Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
47Doctor's Degrees
If you pursue a doctor's degree in counseling psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #52 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Counseling Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 47 doctor's degrees in counseling psychology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Counseling Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree
The counseling psychology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
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 counseling psychology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other counseling 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.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized counseling psychology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for counseling psychology students working on their doctor's degree.
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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Counseling Psychology in the Plains States Region
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for counseling psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology
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.