Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Saint Mary’s College of California

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

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year. Of the 717 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary's College of California in 2021, 19 of them were clinical, counseling and applied psychology majors.

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.

SMC Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

SMC Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks clinical psychology programs across the country. The following shows how SMC performed in these rankings.

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 SMC 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
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	147
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	158
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	168
Best Clinical & Counseling Psychology Schools	182
Most Focused Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	253
Most Popular Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	285
Best Value Clinical & Counseling Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	396

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in clinical psychology from SMC. This makes it the #286 most popular school for clinical psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology from SMC in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical clinical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at SMC since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in clinical psychology at SMC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in clinical psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SMC Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a master’s in clinical psychology from SMC in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SMC 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
• Other 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 Saint Mary's College of California.

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.