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Simmons University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Simmons University. 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 if the program is offered online, ethnicity 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 Simmons Cost?

Simmons Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Simmons paid an average of $1,196 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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	$21,528	$21,528
Fees	$170	$170

Does Simmons Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

Simmons 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 Simmons Online Learning page.

Simmons Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 128 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, 93.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 28.1% of the psychology master’s degrees at Simmons in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	15
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	73
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at Simmons

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	128

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.