Educational Psychology at University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and approximately 8,022 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.

University of Southern Maine Educational Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at University of Southern Maine

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? University of Southern Maine offers distance education options for educational psychology at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

University of Southern Maine Educational Psychology Rankings

Educational Psychology Student Demographics at University of Southern Maine

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

University of Southern Maine Educational Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of educational psychology master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in educational psychology each year. University of Southern Maine does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a educational psychology master's degree from University of Southern Maine, 82% 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 University of Southern Maine with a master's in educational psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• 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 ME, the home state for University of Southern Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Psychology Professors	180	$73,000
Psychologists	60	$82,790

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.