Psychology at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 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.

UT Knoxville Psychology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Knoxville

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UT Knoxville does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UT Knoxville Psychology Rankings

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #89 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 psychology majors earned their master's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UT Knoxville, 80% 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	40
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	58
Child Development & Psychology	27

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,800	$69,510
Psychology Professors	660	$74,260
Psychologists	230	$87,260

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.