Psychology at Nova Southeastern University

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

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 453 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

NUS Florida Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

NUS Florida does offer online education options in psychology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

NUS Florida Psychology Rankings

There were 96 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 453 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NUS Florida, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	91
Hispanic or Latino	149
White	162
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nova Southeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	529
General Psychology	34
Child Development & Psychology	3

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Education

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,950	$76,190
Psychologists	1,330	$96,640
Psychology Professors	1,060	$77,810

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.