Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Palo Alto University

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

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology is located in Palo Alto, California and approximately 1,163 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in clinical psychology from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.

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.

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks clinical psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Pacific Graduate School of Psychology performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The clinical psychology major at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology 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 Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	5
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	8
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
	20
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	20
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	34
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
	42
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	47
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	53
	73
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79
	86
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	195
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	203

In 2021, 86 students received their master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. This makes it the #47 most popular school for clinical psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 91 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology

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

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a bachelor's degree in clinical psychology from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical clinical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Palo Alto University with a bachelor's in clinical psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 86 students who earned a master's degree in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. Pacific Graduate School of Psychology does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	36
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	37

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology also has a doctoral program available in clinical psychology. In 2021, 91 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for Palo Alto 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.