Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Biola University

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

Biola is located in La Mirada, California and approximately 5,815 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 clinical psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Biola.

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.

Biola 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 Biola

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.

Biola does offer online education options in clinical psychology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Biola Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks clinical psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Biola performed in these rankings.

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 Biola 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
Most Popular Online Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	29
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	38
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	66
	71
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	84
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	120

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in clinical psychology from Biola. This makes it the #243 most popular school for clinical psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #49 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Biola

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

Biola Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology from Biola in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical clinical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Biola since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its clinical psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Biola Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a master's degree in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology from Biola in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Biola also has a doctoral program available in clinical psychology. In 2021, 23 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for Biola University.

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 Robert J. Boser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.