As an MSU Denver Online student, you receive all benefits of in-person students, including 24/7 tutoring and mental health support, plus dedicated Success Coaches for your online journey.
Declare a fully online Psychology major and you can get up to $1000 per semester in scholarships that are not need based.
MSU Denver courses are designed with your career in mind and we offer internship and job placement assistance unique to your situation.
Psychology helps you understand how people think, feel and act so you can work more effectively with others in any setting. In MSU Denver’s online Psychology B.S., you study the science of behavior and mental processes and learn how to apply that knowledge to real situations at work, at home and in your community.
You build a broad foundation across cognitive, developmental, social and clinical psychology while gaining strong research and critical thinking skills. Because the program is fully online, you can fit courses around your life and connect what you learn to your current job or future goals, whether you are interested in mental health, education, business, human services or other people focused careers.
In the Department of Psychological Sciences, you learn from faculty who combine teaching, research and applied experience. They bring work on topics such as memory and problem solving, child and adolescent development, homelessness and basic needs, mental health, and the impacts of technology on well being directly into your online courses.
For example, Professor Randi Smith is a licensed psychologist and licensed clinical social worker whose research examines homelessness and housing insecurity among college students and how universities can better support their physical, emotional and social needs. She has worked in mental health since the late 1980s in settings that include inpatient care, school based counseling and home based family therapy, and she continues to bring that real world perspective into the classroom to help students connect psychological science with the challenges people face every day.
In MSU Denver’s online Psychology B.S., you build a foundation in the science of behavior and mental processes and learn how to apply psychological principles to real world questions. You take courses across major areas of psychology, including cognitive, developmental, social and clinical topics, while also studying statistics and research methods.
By the time you graduate, you will be able to:
Coursework, labs and projects help you turn psychological concepts into practical skills you can use in many careers that involve working with people.
Explore the full list of psychology courses in the MSU Denver catalog: View the Psychology Major, B.S. in the catalog.
An online Psychology B.S. from MSU Denver can open doors in mental health, education, human services and many people focused roles in business and the nonprofit sector. Graduates work in settings such as community mental health centers, schools, hospitals and clinics, residential programs, criminal justice settings, and human resources or training roles.
With a bachelor’s degree, many students take on roles like behavioral health technician, case management or support staff, residential counselor, youth program leader, academic or career advising support, or human resources and people operations roles that rely on strong communication and problem solving skills. Some use the degree to move up in their current organization by adding a deeper understanding of human behavior and data to the work they already do.
Your Psychology B.S. also provides a strong foundation if you choose to pursue graduate study in areas such as counseling or clinical psychology, social work, school psychology, business, law or other fields where understanding people is central to the work. Faculty and MSU Denver’s Classroom to Career Hub can help you explore which path fits your goals and plan next steps while you are still in the program.
Start your free application in a few minutes and usually get your admission decision within a few days.
Apply to MSU Denver Online NowLow in-state tuition, reduced tuition for western states, scholarships exclusive to online majors, and flexibility to take as many or few classes as you want, all make MSU Denver the affordable online choice.
As low as $315.20 /credit*
Example: 12 credits – $4,703.36 total including tuition & fees.
*Colorado Opportunity Fund (COF) reduces per-credit costs for eligible Colorado residents.
As low as $646.80 /credit
Example: 12 credits – $7761.60 total including tuition & fees.
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) and Roadrunner Interstate Tuition (RIT) reduce nonresident costs for certain states.
Declare a fully online major and you may qualify for up to $1,000 per semester (fall/spring). No separate scholarship application is required.
Learn more about eligibility and how it works.
Exclusively online students save over $100 per semester in fees compared to on-campus students.
See detailed tuition and fee information:
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees.
Figures shown are example 2025–26 rates.
Most applicants are admitted, and you will usually receive your admission decision within a few days.
Want to see how your credits may apply before you apply? Use Transferology to check how your previous classes may count toward your degree.
You are typically eligible for admission if you have a 2.0 or higher unweighted high school GPA, are 20 or older with a high school diploma or GED, or have 24 or more transferable college credits.
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