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Harvard University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Harvard 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 Harvard Cost?

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Harvard was $1,545 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$49,448	$49,448
Fees	$1,206	$1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

Online degrees for the Harvard 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 Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 50 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 80.0% of the students who received their Master’s in psychology in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 18.0% of psychology master’s degree recipients at Harvard in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	32
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at Harvard

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	43
Child Development & Psychology	5
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	2

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.