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Rutgers University - New Brunswick Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in psychology, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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

How Much Does a Master’s in Psychology from Rutgers New Brunswick Cost?

Rutgers New Brunswick Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Rutgers New Brunswick was $1,256 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $739 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$17,736	$30,144
Fees	$1,988	$1,988

Does Rutgers New Brunswick Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick Online Learning page.

Rutgers New Brunswick Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 91 students received their master’s degree in psychology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in psychology in 2019-2020, 82.4% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 38.5% of psychology master’s degree recipients at Rutgers New Brunswick in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	11
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	43
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	48
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	43

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.