Doctoral · San Diego, California
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Alliant International University-San Diego worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $95,003
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $113,638
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $215,802
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $229k (likely $229k – $229k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $45k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.1 years (likely 7.9–10.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$319k (likely −$432k – −$228k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $236k (likely $23k – $446k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Alliant International University-San Diego
- Human Resources Management and Services (Doctoral)$119,182
- Research and Experimental Psychology (Master's)$116,546
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$89,459
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$86,459
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Doctoral)$86,214
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$84,805
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$78,738
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$77,956
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$77,742
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$75,075
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$74,086
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Graduate certificate)$73,249
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in California
- University of California-San Diego$130,000
- Palo Alto University$121,995
- Touro University Worldwide$111,201
- Biola University$110,375
- Fielding Graduate University$108,694
- Fuller Theological Seminary$106,857
- Pacifica Graduate Institute$105,793
- Pepperdine University$103,432
- The Wright Institute$103,322
- University of the Pacific$100,222