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Cornell University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Cornell University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in psychology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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

How Much Does a Master’s in Psychology from Cornell Cost?

Cornell Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Cornell paid an average of $1,575 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	$29,500	$29,500
Fees	$542	$542

Does Cornell Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

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

Cornell Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 25 master’s degrees in psychology handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 64.0% of the students who received their Master’s in psychology in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 4.0% of the psychology master’s degrees at Cornell in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	6
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at Cornell

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	25

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.