2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Counseling Psychology in Georgia

If you pursue a doctor's degree in counseling psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #61 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of counseling psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 27 doctor's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for counseling psychology.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Counseling Psychology in Georgia

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in counseling psychology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Counseling Psychology Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

20 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in counseling psychology has to check out University of Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in counseling psychology in Georgia. More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from University of Georgia

2

Mercer University
Macon, GA

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Mercer University is a popular decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the midsize city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in counseling psychology in Georgia. More information about a doctorate in counseling psychology from Mercer University

 

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	219	12
Virginia	176	27
Tennessee	142	9
Louisiana	140	4
Alabama	129	10
Kentucky	115	6
Mississippi	96	14
West Virginia	59	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

One of 16 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Counseling Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	15
Educational Psychology	11
Community Psychology	7
School Psychology	2

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.