by our College Data Analytics TeamPsychology is a program of study at Boston College. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in psychology, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Boston College paid an average of $1,768 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $31,824 | $31,824 |
| Fees | $106 | $106 |
Boston College 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 Boston College Online Learning page.
About 75.0% of the students who received their Doctorate in psychology in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 75.2%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in psychology at Boston College in 2019-2020, 37.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Child Development & Psychology | 4 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 4 |
*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.