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Pennsylvania State University - University Park Doctorate in General Psychology

The main focus area for this major is General Psychology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

General Psychology is a major offered under the psychology program of study at Pennsylvania State University - University Park. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in psychology, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State University Park Doctorate in Psychology

#211 in the U.S
#27 in Pennsylvania

Each year, College Factual produces its Best General Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools ranking to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. To determine the school's rank, we look at objective measures, such as post-graduation earnings, student and faculty diversity, and accumulated student debt.

On the 2021 list, Penn State University Park was ranked #211 out of 464 schools in the country for this major at the doctorate level. It is also ranked #27 in Pennsylvania.

How Much Does a Doctorate in Psychology from Penn State University Park Cost?

$22,994 Average Tuition and Fees

Penn State University Park Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time graduate students at Penn State University Park paid an average of $1,571 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $915 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $21,960 $37,694
Fees $1,034 $1,034

Does Penn State University Park Offer an Online Doctorate in Psychology?

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

Penn State University Park Doctorate Student Diversity for Psychology

28 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
64.3% Women
14.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 28 doctor’s degrees in psychology handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 64.3% of the psychology students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2018-2019. This is less than the nationwide number of 70.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in psychology at Penn State University Park in 2018-2019, 14.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 27%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 20
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Doctorate in Psychology Focus Areas at Penn State University Park

General Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Psychology 28

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general psychology.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 8

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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