Clinical Psychology Grad Schools

Obtaining a graduate degree in clinical psychology can advance your career in the mental health field. Whether you want to perform research or provide therapy to patients in a clinical setting, it’s important to choose the right degree program. Every clinical program offers different concentrations, with options such as clinical science, art therapy, clinical-community science, and psychopathology. Research the options to find the program that best suits your needs.
  1. University of California-Berkeley

    • The University of California-Berkeley offers a Ph.D. in five general focus areas, including behavioral neuroscience; change, plasticity and development; clinical science; cognition, brain and behavior; and social-personality. According to the program’s website, the clinical science concentration exposes students to clinical and community treatment settings; integrates theory, research and application; and emphasizes diversity in theory and practice. Students receive hands-on experience in Berkeley’s mental health center.

      University of California Berkeley

      3210 Tolman Hall

      Berkeley, CA 94720

      510-642-1382

      berkeley.edu

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    • The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Department of Psychology offers a master of science, a master of arts and a doctorate degree. M.S. degree programs focus on personnel psychology or measurement psychology. M.A. degrees are awarded as an intermediate degree en route to a Ph.D. Doctoral degree programs focus on biological, brain and cognition, clinical-community, cognitive, developmental, quantitative, social-personality-organizational and visual cognition and human performance. Clinical-community degree program goals include preparing students to perform research, to connect theory and practice through applied work, to ethically serve diverse populations and communities, and to prepare students to be instructors.

      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      603 East Daniel St.

      Champaign, IL 61820

      217-333-0631

      illinois.edu

    Antioch University-Seattle

    • Antioch University-Seattle’s School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy offers an M.A. in psychology and a doctorate in clinical psychology (Psy.D.). Antioch University’s curriculum is designed around the core value of social justice in a culturally diverse community, according to the school’s website. Master’s students can choose a focus in couples and family therapy, mental health counseling or integrative studies. Additional graduate specialization areas include art therapy, drama therapy and ecopsychology. Psy.D. students can choose between a concentration in adult psychotherapy or child psychology, with additional specializations available in art therapy, forensic psychology and health psychology. The Antioch campus houses a community counseling and psychology clinic, so students receive hands-on practice.

      Antioch University Seattle

      2326 Sixth Avenue

      Seattle, WA 98121

      206-441-5352

      antiochseattle.edu

    University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

    • The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities offers a Ph.D. program with specializations in biological psychopathology; clinical science and psychopathology research; cognitive-biological; counseling; industrial-organizational; personality, individual differences; behavior genetics; quantitative-psychometric methods; school psychology; and social psychology. The clinical psychology program concentrates on assessment, intervention and psychopathology research. Most graduates become academic clinical psychologists or researchers. Students receive clinical experience at several mental health centers and hospitals. The Psychology Department also offers an integrated doctoral program for students who wish to study clinical psychology for both adults and children.

      University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

      N218 Elliott Hall

      75 E. River Road

      Minneapolis, MN 55455

      612-625-2818

      umn.edu

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