Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Howard University

If you are interested in studying clinical, counseling and applied psychology, you may want to check out the program at Howard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 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.

Howard Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

Howard Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

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There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #117 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a master’s in clinical psychology from Howard in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	710	$95,500
Psychologists	200	$95,380
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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.