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American University Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Clinical Psychology is a concentration offered under the clinical, counseling and applied psychology major at American University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’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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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The American University Cost?

The American University Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at The American University paid an average of $1,906 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$34,533	$34,533
Fees	$991	$991

Does The American University Offer an Online Doctorate in Clinical Psychology?

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

The American University Doctorate Student Diversity for Clinical Psychology

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 7 students received their doctor’s degree in clinical psychology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in clinical psychology in 2019-2020, all of them were women.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 14.3% of clinical psychology doctor’s degree recipients at The American University in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.