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Highest earning master's clinical and counseling psychology programs in the United States
U.S. clinical and counseling psychology programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapman University | Orange | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $90,639 | 43 |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | Northridge | Public, 4-year | $81,871 | 45 |
| 3 | Seattle University | Seattle | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $81,366 | 33 |
| 4 | California State University-Long Beach | Long Beach | Public, 4-year | $81,000 | 54 |
| 5 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Daytona Beach | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $79,874 | 43 |
| 6 | Alliant International University-San Diego | San Diego | For-profit, 4-year | $77,101 | 101 |
| 7 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | New York | Public, 4-year | $73,106 | 56 |
| 8 | Elmhurst University | Elmhurst | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $72,270 | 43 |
| 9 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,497 | 125 |
| 10 | Eastern Washington University | Cheney | Public, 4-year | $70,143 | 65 |
| 11 | Cambridge College | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $70,068 | 42 |
| 12 | Florida Institute of Technology | Melbourne | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $69,916 | 264 |
| 13 | Teachers College at Columbia University | New York | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $69,467 | 186 |
| 14 | Long Island University | Brookville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $68,497 | 54 |
| 15 | Simmons University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $68,173 | 158 |
| 16 | CUNY Queens College | Queens | Public, 4-year | $68,068 | 61 |
| 17 | Western New England University | Springfield | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $66,796 | 30 |
| 18 | Notre Dame de Namur University | Belmont | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $66,641 | 32 |
| 19 | University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Public, 4-year | $65,640 | 68 |
| 20 | Santa Clara University | Santa Clara | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $65,541 | 114 |
| 21 | University of San Francisco | San Francisco | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $65,358 | 177 |
| 22 | Bay Path University | Longmeadow | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $65,008 | 167 |
| 23 | University of Georgia | Athens | Public, 4-year | $64,962 | 63 |
| 24 | Aurora University | Aurora | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $64,532 | 31 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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