Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Appalachian State University

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

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and approximately 20,023 students attend the school each year.

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.

Appalachian State Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

Appalachian State Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

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Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Appalachian State

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

Appalachian State Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

The clinical psychology program at Appalachian State awarded 17 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 35% of these degrees went to men with the other 65% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. Appalachian State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a clinical psychology master's degree from Appalachian State, 76% 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 Appalachian State University with a master's in clinical psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• 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 NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.