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About Health/Medical Psychology

A program that focuses on the psychological study of health and illness, and recovery, from the perspective that these phenomena arise from a combination of physical, behavioral, and social conditions. Includes instruction in abnormal and social psychology, psychophysiology, psychopharmacology, learning processes, clinical and behavioral therapies, biopsychosocial modeling, clinical procedures and assessment, preventive education, psychotherapy, rehabilitation processes, and research methods.

While Health/Medical Psychology has degrees up to the Post masters certificate, most students study towards a Bachelors degree. Students study Health/Medical Psychology all over the country, though the major at the Post masters certificate level has the most graduates in Rhode Island. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Health/Medical Psychology is $44,000.

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7 degrees awarded
Post masters certificate in Health/Medical Psychology makes up 19.44% of all Post masters certificate awarded in Rhode Island

Careers

Some top jobs related to Health/Medical Psychology, include Clinical and Counseling Psychologists and Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary, both of which are in high demand. Yet there are higher paying careers, like Clinical and Counseling Psychologists. the most in-demand position for Health/Medical Psychology majors is Psychologists, All Other.

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Student Demographics

Total Students
7
Female Students
5 (71%)
Male Students
2 (28%)
White (5, 71%)
Race/ethnicity unknown (2, 29%)
Asian (0, <1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native (0, <1%)
Hispanic or Latino (0, <1%)
Black or African American (0, <1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0, <1%)
Two or more races (0, <1%)
U.S. Nonresident (0, <1%)

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