Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at Seattle Pacific University

If you plan to study clinical, counseling & applied psychology, take a look at what Seattle Pacific University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 3,601 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.

SPU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

SPU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #63 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of clinical psychology master's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. SPU 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 50% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Seattle Pacific University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	31
Clinical Psychology	12

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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,330	$73,840
Psychology Professors	860	$68,420
Psychologists	370	$102,760

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.