2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in the New England Region

Counseling Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #356 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the most popular for counseling psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 139 bachelor's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Counseling Psychology School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in counseling psychology matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in the New England Region ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for counseling psychology, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Counseling Psychology Schools

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for counseling psychology.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Counseling Psychology in the New England Region

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Counseling Psychology Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, RI

45 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In RI

#1 Best Quality In RI

Johnson & Wales University - Providence is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in counseling psychology in Rhode Island.

There were roughly 45 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent data year.

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2

Emmanuel College Massachusetts
Boston, MA

43 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In MA

#2 Best Quality In MA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Emmanuel College Massachusetts if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the large city of Boston, Emmanuel Boston is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in counseling psychology in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 43 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at Emmanuel Boston in the most recent year we have data available.

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3

Boston University
Boston, MA

27 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In MA

#1 Best Quality In MA

Boston University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in counseling psychology in Massachusetts.

There were roughly 27 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.

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4

Lesley University
Cambridge, MA

24 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Most Popular In MA

#3 Best Quality In MA

Lesley University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in counseling psychology in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 24 counseling psychology individuals who graduated with this degree at Lesley in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Counseling Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the most popular counseling psychology schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	540	103
Rhode Island	298	55

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Counseling Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 16 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	199
Clinical Psychology	55
Community Psychology	30
Forensic Psychology	29
Health/Medical Psychology	17
Applied Behavior Analysis	11

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.