Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Mount Saint Mary’s University

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

MSMU is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 2,745. In 2021, 18 clinical psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from MSMU.

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.

MSMU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

MSMU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the clinical psychology progam at MSMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The clinical psychology major at MSMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	12
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	12
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	35
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	51
	55
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	57
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	66
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	67
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	71

In 2021, 66 students received their master’s degree in clinical psychology from MSMU. This makes it the #71 most popular school for clinical psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of MSMU Clinical Psychology Graduates

The median salary of clinical psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSMU is $29,773. This is less than $31,952, which is the national average of all clinical psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at MSMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical psychology majors at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

MSMU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of clinical psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities in its clinical psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MSMU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 clinical psychology majors earned their master's degree from MSMU. Of these graduates, 5% were men and 95% were women.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 85% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	55
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

MSMU also has a doctoral program available in clinical psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for Mount Saint Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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 Dasandman008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.