Forensic Psychology at George Washington University

If you are interested in studying forensic psychology, you may want to check out the program at George Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

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

GWU Forensic Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology

GWU Forensic Psychology Rankings

Forensic Psychology Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Forensic Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of forensic psychology master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Of the students who received a forensic psychology master's degree from GWU, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	49
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Industrial & Organizational Psychology
• Clinical Psychology

Careers That Forensic Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in forensic 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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Psychologists	200	$95,380

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.