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George Washington University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at George Washington University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’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 Master’s in Psychology from GWU Cost?

GWU Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at GWU paid an average of $1,765 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	$31,770	$31,770
Fees	$54	$54

Does GWU Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

Online degrees for the GWU psychology master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GWU Online Learning page.

GWU Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 97 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 84.5% of the students who received their Master’s in psychology in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 28.9% of the psychology master’s degrees at GWU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	63
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at GWU

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	15
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	82

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.