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Southern Methodist University Doctorate in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Southern Methodist University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’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 Doctorate in Psychology from SMU Cost?

SMU Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at SMU was $1,704 per credit hour 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	$40,896	$40,896
Fees	$6,582	$6,582

Does SMU Offer an Online Doctorate in Psychology?

SMU does not offer an online option for its psychology doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SMU Online Learning page.

SMU Doctorate Student Diversity for Psychology

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 3 doctor’s degrees in psychology handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in psychology in 2019-2020, all of them were women.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 66.7% of the psychology doctor’s degrees at SMU in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.

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	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Doctorate in Psychology Focus Areas at SMU

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	3

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.