Psychology at Alvernia University

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Alvernia University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Alvernia is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,560 students attend the school each year. Of the 426 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Alvernia University in 2021, 18 of them were psychology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Alvernia Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Alvernia

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Alvernia offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Alvernia Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Alvernia compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Alvernia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
Best Psychology Schools	225
	228
	228
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,074
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,148
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,343

Psychology Student Demographics at Alvernia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Alvernia University.

Alvernia Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Alvernia. About 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Alvernia since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Alvernia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alvernia University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Alvernia also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Alvernia University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	18

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Alvernia University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychology Professors	2,130	$89,300
Psychologists	460	$87,940

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By AU540Up under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.