Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Fairfield University

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

Fairfield U is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and has a total student population of 5,513.

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.

Fairfield U Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

Fairfield U Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Fairfield U

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

Fairfield U Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of clinical psychology master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. Fairfield U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a clinical psychology master's degree from Fairfield U, 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 Fairfield University with a master's in clinical psychology.

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

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 Fairfield University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
School Psychology	26
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	9

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 CT, the home state for Fairfield University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,720	$90,870
Psychology Professors	770	$88,070
Psychologists	190	$96,180

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 Stagophile under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.