Psychology at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,072 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 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.

RIC Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

RIC Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at RIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Rhode Island College.

RIC Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 psychology majors earned their master's degree from RIC. Of these graduates, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from RIC, 68% 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 Rhode Island College with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Rhode Island College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	34
General Psychology	1

Related Majors

• History
• 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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.