Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Pepperdine University

What traits are you looking for in a clinical psychology school? To help you decide if Pepperdine University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's clinical psychology program.

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and approximately 9,554 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.

Pepperdine Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

Pepperdine Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

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There were 32 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Pepperdine

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

Pepperdine Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 486 students who graduated with a master’s in clinical psychology from Pepperdine in 2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	48
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	133
White	182
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	62

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 Pepperdine 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 Infratec~commonswiki under License

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