General Psychology at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

UMCP General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UMCP General Psychology Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UMCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at University of Maryland - College Park.

UMCP General Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a master's degree in psychology from UMCP. About 17% were men and 83% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,090	$79,820
Psychologists	630	$112,330
Psychology Professors	430	$87,850

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.