Psychology at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 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.

UH Hilo Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

UH Hilo Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from UH Hilo in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. UH Hilo does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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 University of Hawaii at Hilo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	24

Related Majors

• 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Managers	2,000	$93,760
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	450	$94,550
Psychology Professors	140	$65,850
Psychologists	120	$94,260

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.