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Northwestern University Master’s in Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

183 Master's Degrees Awarded
$42,930 Average Salary

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is a major offered under the psychology program of study at Northwestern University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in clinical psychology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern Cost?

$56,567 Average Tuition and Fees

Northwestern Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Northwestern was $6,649 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $56,067 $56,067
Fees $500 $500

How Much Can You Make With a Master’s in Clinical Psychology From Northwestern?

$42,930 Average Salary
Average Earnings Boost

clinical psychology who receive their master’s degree from Northwestern make an average of $42,930 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $43,339.

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Does Northwestern Offer an Online Master’s in Clinical Psychology?

Northwestern does not offer an online option for its clinical psychology master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwestern Online Learning page.

Northwestern Master’s Student Diversity for Clinical Psychology

183 Master's Degrees Awarded
81.4% Women
31.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 183 students received their master’s degree in clinical psychology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 81.4% of the clinical psychology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 81.8%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 31.7% of clinical psychology master’s degree recipients at Northwestern in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 21
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 119
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

Master’s in Clinical Psychology Focus Areas at Northwestern

Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology 14
Counseling Psychology 169

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to clinical, counseling and applied psychology.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 12

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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.

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