Ranked #8 in popularity, clinical, counseling & applied psychology is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of clinical, counseling & applied psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 42 doctor's degrees in clinical, counseling & applied psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 clinical, counseling & applied psychology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other clinical, counseling & applied 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.
Student Debt - How much debt clinical, counseling & applied psychology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized clinical, counseling & applied psychology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for clinical, counseling & applied psychology students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology in Washington
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology.
Top Washington Schools for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in clinical, counseling & applied psychology needs to take a look at Seattle Pacific University. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the clinical psychology program make around $91,584 for their early career.
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.
