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Faculty Degrees in Sub-Areas of Psychology

Departments were asked to report the number of faculty holding degrees in traditional sub-areas of psychology. Respondents were asked to indicate the degree and sub-area of each of the faculty. The information below reported percentages of sub-areas.

Percentage Faculty Sub-Areas Across Type of Institution

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Subarea

All

Doctoral

Masters

Bachelors

Community College

Clinical

22

27

19

15

12

Developmental

11

9

11

14

7

Social

11

12

10

13

7

Experimental

10

9

12

13

6

Neuroscience/
Physiological/
Comparative/
Biopsychology

10

11

6

11

2

Cognitive

9

11

7

9

2

Counseling

6

2

9

8

23

I/O

5

4

6

3

4

General

4

3

3

3

19

School

2

2

5

1

2

Educational

2

1

4

2

10

Other

4

4

4

3

3

Personality

2

2

1

3

1

Psychometrics/
Quantitative

2

2

2

1

1



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