If you pursue a degree in counseling psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #90 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for counseling psychology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 103 degrees in counseling psychology annually.
The counseling psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Counseling Psychology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Counseling Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Counseling Psychology Schools in Kansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of counseling psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Kansas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in counseling psychology. KU is a very large public university located in the city of Lawrence. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.
MidAmerica Nazarene University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in counseling psychology. Located in the large suburb of Olathe, MNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1020 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MNU is a great university overall.
There were about 66 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at MNU in the most recent data year.
University of Saint Mary is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in counseling psychology. University of St. Mary is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Leavenworth. This university ranks 22nd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 16 counseling psychology students who graduated with this degree at University of St. Mary in the most recent year we have data available.
Ottawa University - Online is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in counseling psychology. Ottawa University - Online is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Overland Park. This university ranks 35th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.More information about a degree in counseling psychology from Ottawa University - Online
Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region
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).
The counseling psychology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Counseling Psychology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Counseling Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
