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The University of Texas at Austin Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at The University of Texas at Austin. 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 UT Austin Cost?

UT Austin Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UT Austin paid an average of $1,228 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $659 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	$12,028	$22,886

Does UT Austin Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

UT Austin 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 UT Austin Online Learning page.

UT Austin Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 67 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, 70.1% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in psychology at UT Austin in 2019-2020, 35.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	9
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	35
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at UT Austin

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	10
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	57

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.