Psychology at University of Rhode Island

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if University of Rhode Island is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 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 Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

URI Psychology Degrees Available

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

URI Psychology Rankings

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #101 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at URI awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from URI, 67% 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 University of Rhode Island with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	18
General Psychology	6

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.