Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at San Diego State University

Every clinical, counseling and applied psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the clinical psychology program at San Diego State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 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.

SDSU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

SDSU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

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There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #137 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in clinical psychology from SDSU. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 82% of degree recipients. That is 44% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 San Diego State 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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.