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. Of the 1,987 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in 2021, 71 of them were psychology majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Brown Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Brown performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Psychology Schools	786
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,489

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Brown. This is the #707 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 71 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Brown in 2021, 23% were men and 77% were 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 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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	10
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	27
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Brown also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.