Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Benedictine University

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

Benedictine U is located in Lisle, Illinois and approximately 3,779 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.

Benedictine U Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

Benedictine U Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Benedictine U

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

Benedictine U 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 17% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. Benedictine U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

If you plan to be a clinical psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Benedictine University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical Psychology	14

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 IL, the home state for Benedictine University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychology Professors	1,510	$87,880
Psychologists	260	$87,410

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 Pbrozynski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.