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Stanford University Doctorate in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Stanford University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in psychology, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

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

How Much Does a Doctorate in Psychology from Stanford Cost?

Stanford Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Stanford paid an average of $1,207 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	$54,315	$54,315
Fees	$696	$696

Does Stanford Offer an Online Doctorate in Psychology?

Stanford 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 Stanford Online Learning page.

Stanford Doctorate Student Diversity for Psychology

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 12 students received their doctor’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 doctor’s degree in psychology in 2019-2020, 66.7% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 75.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 8.3% of psychology doctor’s degree recipients at Stanford in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Doctorate in Psychology Focus Areas at Stanford

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	12

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.