by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Psychology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Psychology is a major offered under the psychology program of study at Wayne State University. 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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Out-of-state part-time graduates at Wayne State paid an average of $1,470 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $679 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $16,285 | $35,274 |
| Fees | $1,941 | $1,941 |
The median early career salary of psychology students who receive their doctor’s degree from Wayne State is $58,673 per year. That is 8% lower than the national average of $63,491.
Wayne State 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 Wayne State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 70.6% of the psychology students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 71.1%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in psychology at Wayne State in 2019-2020, 17.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 29%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 13 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
General Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Psychology | 17 |
*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.
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