Psychology at University of North Texas

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

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and approximately 40,953 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 74 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.

UNT Psychology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNT

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

UNT Psychology Rankings

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #58 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 74 students who earned a master's degree in Psychology from UNT in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UNT, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	39
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 University of North Texas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	113
General Psychology	16
Child Development & Psychology	3

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Library Science

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 TX, the home state for University of North Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.