Online Schools Offering Psychology Degrees
Guide to Online Schools features 170 psychology programs at every degree level, available through 25 schools. Online student reviewers gave an average recommendation rate of 60 percent among these schools, with individual school recommendations ranging from 39 to 91 percent. Yearly tuition for these colleges ranges from $7,110 to $34,990, with the average program costing $16,020 a year.
| Associate | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | |
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| Annual Tuition | $19,905 | $18,611 | $13,309 | $11,057 |
| Annual Earnings (mid-career) | -- | $51,582 | $61,911 | $92,063 |
Associate programs in psychology can be good preparation for a bachelor's degree, or they can lead to careers in human services and administration. Graduates of the bachelor's program in psychology go on to careers in marketing, sales, education, human services, and business. At the undergraduate level, students study topics like human behavior, cognition, childhood development, and abnormal psychology. The master's degree in psychology is the minimum requirement for licensure as a therapist or counselor in most states, while the doctorate degree can lead to licensure as a psychologist. Graduate programs require an internship, where students work under experienced therapists to treat patients. Other doctorate graduates become psychology researchers.
Accredited Online Colleges Offering Psychology Degrees
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| University of Phoenix | $9,781 - $12,792 | 56% (734 reviews) | ||||
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117 Programs, 3 in Psychology (view all)
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| Kaplan University | $11,115 - $20,736 | 42% (198 reviews) | ||||
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145 Programs, 5 in Psychology (view all)
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| Florida Tech University Online | $34,990 | 60% (62 reviews) | ||||
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45 Programs, 6 in Psychology (view all)
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| Capella University | $11,700 | 62% (73 reviews) | ||||
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148 Programs, 18 in Psychology (view all)
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| Webber International University Online | $7,680 - $11,520 | 100% (1 review) | ||||
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13 Programs, 1 in Psychology (view all)
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| Liberty University Online | $19,154 | 65% (88 reviews) | ||||
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117 Programs, 5 in Psychology (view all)
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| Walden University | $10,610 | 57% (111 reviews) | ||||
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373 Programs, 55 in Psychology (view all)
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| Grand Canyon University | $16,500 | 52% (151 reviews) | ||||
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96 Programs, 7 in Psychology (view all)
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| Colorado Technical University - Online | $12,760 | 63% (193 reviews) | ||||
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62 Programs, 3 in Psychology (view all)
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| Ashford University | $10,650 | 65% (401 reviews) | ||||
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175 Programs, 5 in Psychology (view all)
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Capella University is accredited by the North Central Association, one of the six agencies that the U.S. Department of Education recognizes to regionally accredit schools. Its degree should be perfectly valid in Canada.
Thomas Edison State College and Excelsior College are accredited by the Middle States Association and Charter Oak is accredited by the New England Association, so transfer credits from any of these institutions should be valid. You should check, however, to see that the credits you want to transfer to a new school align with the graduation requirements of that school.
Freud's influence has been felt in fields as diverse as psychoanalysis, philosophy, medicine and the arts. Studying psychology, however, is the most common way of following in Freud's footsteps.
While the Israeli Ministry of Education probably does not keep a comprehensive list of the foreign schools it recognizes, a good rule of thumb is that if an online school is accredited by one of the six regional agencies that accredit American nonprofit schools (and some for-profit ones) it should pass muster with the Ministry of Education. These agencies are the New England, North Central, Middle States, Southern, Western and Northwest Associations. On our site, Kaplan University and the University of Phoenix, among other schools, are accredited by one of these agencies.
It depends on what you are looking to do with the degree. If you want to become a child psychologist, either on a hispital staff or with a private practice, you should pursue a PsyD, which is oriented toward clinical work. The PhD is for individuals who are looking to do research in the field, publish, and perhaps ultimately become professors who teach other psychologists.
