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Carnegie Mellon University Doctorate in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Carnegie Mellon University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in psychology, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon Cost?

Carnegie Mellon Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Carnegie Mellon paid an average of $633 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	$46,441	$46,441
Fees	$885	$885

Does Carnegie Mellon Offer an Online Doctorate in Psychology?

Carnegie Mellon 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 Carnegie Mellon Online Learning page.

Carnegie Mellon Doctorate Student Diversity for Psychology

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 4 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 50.0% of the psychology students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 75.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 25.0% of the psychology doctor’s degrees at Carnegie Mellon in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

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	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Doctorate in Psychology Focus Areas at Carnegie Mellon

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	4

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.