Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at James Madison University

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

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 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.

JMU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

JMU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

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There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #203 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

The clinical psychology program at JMU awarded 11 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women.

Of the students who received a clinical psychology master's degree from JMU, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• 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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

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