In addition to meeting application requirements, you’ll have to consider how much it will cost to study at your dream school. Colleges and universities offer scholarships and financial aid, as do corporations, associations, and the government. You might be surprised by the options you discover. To help you get a sense of your baseline education costs, here are the typical tuition rates for a clinical psychology degree:

average yearly tuition as per the most recent US census data
$ 13,874 per year
Average in-state tuition in 2017

65% above average compared to other degrees

$ 40,792 per year
Average out-of-state tuition in 2017

103% above average compared to other degrees

$ 37,969 per year
Average private tuition in 2017

17% above average compared to other degrees

What do clinical psychology graduates earn?

Clinical psychology students make an average of $51,511 per year after graduation. This is 23% below average compared to other undergraduate degrees.

21% of clinical psychology graduates are underpaid (those who make less than $40,000 per year.) This rate is high compared to other degrees across the country.

$ 51,511 per year
Average graduate salary in 2017

Bottom 13% of degrees

21%
% of people underpaid in 2019

4% above average compared to other degrees

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