Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of Southern California

What traits are you looking for in a clinical psychology school? To help you decide if University of Southern California is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's clinical psychology program.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 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.

USC Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

USC Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of clinical psychology master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	51
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• General 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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