Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

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

WVU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology from WVU in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. WVU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a clinical psychology master's degree from WVU, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	670	$59,200
Psychology Professors	170	$68,470
Psychologists	130	$82,970

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.