Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Louisiana Tech University

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

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and has a total student population of 11,126.

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.

Louisiana Tech Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Louisiana Tech

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.

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

Louisiana Tech Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #147 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in clinical psychology from Louisiana Tech. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. Louisiana Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 36% more men than average.

Of the students who received a clinical psychology master's degree from Louisiana Tech, 64% 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 Louisiana Tech University with a master's in clinical psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	570	$86,630
Psychologists	190	$76,510

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.