1,162
Undergraduate majors
EDUCATION
Undergraduate Program
Psychology is among the top departments in undergraduate teaching at the UW. In 2022-2023, the department had over 13,000 course enrollments and continues to be a leading department offering faculty-supervised undergraduate research. Our students also gain hands-on experience via undergraduate teaching opportunities and a variety of volunteer and internship positions.
The department offers both Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees to satisfy a wide range of student interests. The B.S. program provides greater emphasis on laboratory research and statistics, and as such provides a foundational core for students interested in pursuing careers in research or other fields requiring more laboratory and quantitative training. In 2022-2023, there were 1,000 students enrolled in experiential learning opportunities to further their educational experience through research, fieldwork and peer teaching. The B.A. program provides greater emphasis on applications of general scientific knowledge in psychology and as such provides a foundational core for students interested in a range of careers requiring broad understanding of psychological theories and their application.
Our courses are also popular with non-majors: in 2022-2023, over 2,300 students were enrolled in Psych 101 (Introduction to Psychology). Psych 210 (Diversity of Human Sexuality) is the largest class on campus, offering comprehensive, sex positive, sex education to over 4,000 UW undergraduates a year. Special programs and services for undergraduates include our departmental Honors Program, Writing Center, Statistics and Methods Lab, Undergraduate Study Center, the Psychology Student Mentoring Program, and advising support.
Graduate Program
Our graduate program offers not only traditional doctoral education and research training in various subfields of Psychology, but it also emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to most effectively address society’s high priority and pressing challenges. Advanced data science, diversity science specialization, and a quantitative minor are also available to students. Our Ph.D. graduates go on to postdoctoral positions in academia, faculty positions, industry, business, law, medicine, and clinical work. The department’s Clinical Psychology Graduate Training Program has been ranked in the top ten programs in the nation for the past ten years, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Master Program
The department’s Master of Arts degree in Applied Child and Adolescent Psychology, based in a bioecological model of child development, provides students with a background in biological, interpersonal, and contextual processes that contribute to child psychopathology. Students are also trained in evidence-based treatments for use with children and families. In addition, they participate in an ongoing clinical practicum placement for the development of clinical skills while they are completing course requirements.
Students
Spring 2023
- 1,162 Undergraduate majors
- 32 Master of Arts students (Autumn 2023)
- 99 Doctoral students
Degrees Awarded
Autumn 2022- Summer 2023
- 518 Bachelor degrees
- 15 Master of Science degrees
- 27 Master of Arts degrees
- 17 PhD degrees
Undergraduate Honors
2022-2023
- 1 Husky 100 honoree
- 3 Mary Gates Scholars
- 2 Guthrie Writing Prize winners
- 1 Aric Chandler Scholarship recipient
- 13 Ruth H. Hagenstein awardees
- 9 James Steele Scholars
- 19 Honors theses presented
Graduate Student Honors
2022-2023
- 1 American Psychology Foundation Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology Graduate Research Scholarship
- 1 Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
- 1 Mental Health Matters Scholarship (Seattle Seahawks x Cigna)
- 11 National Research Service Awards
- 1 National Science and Engineering Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship
- 3 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
- 1 National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Graduate Research Award
- 70 Journal articles published