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Rice University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Rice 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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

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

Rice Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Rice paid an average of $2,380 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	$47,306	$47,306
Fees	$607	$607

Does Rice Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

Rice 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 Rice Online Learning page.

Rice Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

There were 8 master’s degrees in psychology awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 87.5% of the psychology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in psychology at Rice in 2019-2020, 37.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at Rice

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	8

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.