Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of Kentucky

If you plan to study clinical, counseling and applied psychology, take a look at what University of Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received their master's degree in clinical psychology.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

UK Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Clinical Psychology

UK Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #94 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at UK

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical psychology majors at University of Kentucky.

UK Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students earned a master's degree in clinical psychology from UK. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

Of the students who received a clinical psychology master's degree from UK, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Kentucky with a master's in clinical psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology

Careers That Clinical Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,080	$64,330
Psychology Professors	630	$67,960
Psychologists	150	$91,020

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.