Educational Psychology at University of Kentucky

Every educational psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the educational psychology program at University of Kentucky stacks up to those at other schools.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year.

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

UK Educational Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology

UK Educational Psychology Rankings

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in educational psychology, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Educational Psychology Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Educational Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of educational psychology master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in educational psychology each year. UK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the educational psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Performance and Sport Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• School Psychology

Careers That Educational Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in educational 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Psychology Professors	630	$67,960
Psychologists	150	$91,020

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.