Psychology at Brown University

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Brown University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 9,948 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Brown Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Brown Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Brown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Psychology Student Demographics at Brown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Brown University.

Brown Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	23
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Brown Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Brown University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brown University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	73

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	880	$83,030
Managers	830	$114,660
Psychology Professors	140	$93,080
Psychologists	90	$73,080

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ad Meskens under License

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