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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Doctorate in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’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 Doctorate in Psychology from UNC Chapel Hill Cost?

UNC Chapel Hill Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UNC Chapel Hill was $1,386 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $517 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	$10,552	$28,278
Fees	$1,970	$1,970

Does UNC Chapel Hill Offer an Online Doctorate in Psychology?

Online degrees for the UNC Chapel Hill psychology doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNC Chapel Hill Online Learning page.

UNC Chapel Hill Doctorate Student Diversity for Psychology

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 27 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, 59.3% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 75.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 29.6% of the psychology doctor’s degrees at UNC Chapel Hill in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Doctorate in Psychology Focus Areas at UNC Chapel Hill

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	21
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	6

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.