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University of Pennsylvania Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at University of Pennsylvania. 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 diversity 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 UPenn Cost?

UPenn Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UPenn was $1,855 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	$37,678	$37,678
Fees	$4,082	$4,082

Does UPenn Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

UPenn 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 UPenn Online Learning page.

UPenn Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 181 students received their master’s degree in psychology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 82.3% of the psychology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 24.9% of the psychology master’s degrees at UPenn in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	12
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	78
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at UPenn

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	48
Child Development & Psychology	61
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	72

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.