Health/Medical Psychology

STEM • Psychology

What is it about?

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.

Numbers at a glance

588th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
8
Colleges offer it
68
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
10
Women
58

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
University of California-San Diego14
Average public university graduating class: 14 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Thomas Jefferson University24
Faulkner University10
Greenville College10
MCPHS University6
University of Northwestern-St Paul2
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor1
Averett University1
Average private university graduating class: 8 students.

O's Insights on Health/Medical Psychology

  • Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
  • 21% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Applied Psychology 858 40
Forensic Psychology 775 20