Clinical Psychology at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Clinical Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Clinical Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

GWU Clinical Psychology Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Clinical Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of clinical psychology master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Industrial & Organizational Psychology
• Forensic 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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	710	$95,500
Psychology Professors	140	$109,060

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.