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Vanderbilt University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Vanderbilt University. 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.

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 Master’s in Psychology from Vanderbilt Cost?

Vanderbilt Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Vanderbilt was $2,087 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$50,082	$50,082
Fees	$542	$542

Does Vanderbilt Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

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

Vanderbilt Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

There were 18 master’s degrees in psychology awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in psychology in 2019-2020, 66.7% 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 Vanderbilt in 2019-2020, 27.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
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	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at Vanderbilt

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	7
Child Development & Psychology	7
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	4

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.