by our College Data Analytics TeamClinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology is a major offered under the psychology program of study at Vanguard University of Southern California. 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, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Vanguard paid an average of $670 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $16,080 | $16,080 |
| Fees | $100 | $100 |
clinical psychology who receive their master’s degree from Vanguard make an average of $45,696 a year during the early days of their career. That is 5% higher than the national average of $43,339.
Vanguard 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 Vanguard Online Learning page.
About 85.7% of the students who received their Master’s in clinical psychology in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 81.8%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 68.6% of the clinical psychology master’s degrees at Vanguard in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical Psychology | 15 |
| Industrial & Organizational Psychology | 20 |
*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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