2025 Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #391 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 bachelor's degrees in counseling psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 counseling psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other counseling psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized counseling psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for counseling psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Counseling Psychology Schools

The counseling psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Counseling Psychology in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Counseling Psychology

1

Emmanuel College Massachusetts
Boston, MA

34 Annual Graduates

Emmanuel College Massachusetts is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology. Located in the city of Boston, Emmanuel Boston is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in counseling psychology from Emmanuel College Massachusetts

2

Lesley University
Cambridge, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology needs to look into Lesley University. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge.More information about a bachelor’s in counseling psychology from Lesley University

Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Counseling Psychology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island	307	15

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Counseling Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Counseling Psychology is one of 17 different types of Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Counseling Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Psychology	133
Clinical Psychology	28
Forensic Psychology	21
Health/Medical Psychology	19
Applied Behavior Analysis	14
Community 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.