Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Ball State University

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

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597. Of the 3,683 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University in 2021, 72 of them were clinical, counseling and applied psychology majors.

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.

Ball State Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Ball State offers distance education options for clinical psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Ball State Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the clinical psychology progam at Ball State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The clinical psychology major at Ball State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	89
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	141
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	155

In 2021, 120 students received their master’s degree in clinical psychology from Ball State. This makes it the #30 most popular school for clinical psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #59 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Ball State

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

Ball State Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 72 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in clinical psychology from Ball State in 2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in clinical psychology at Ball State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Of the 120 students who earned a master's degree in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology from Ball State in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a clinical psychology master's degree from Ball State, 79% 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 Ball State University with a master's in clinical psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	95
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Ball State also has a doctoral program available in clinical psychology. In 2021, 20 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,320	$73,350
Psychology Professors	590	$85,580
Psychologists	220	$88,470

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 Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.