Psychology at American International College

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at American International College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

AIC is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and approximately 2,612 students attend the school each year.

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

AIC Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at AIC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

AIC does offer online education options in psychology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

AIC Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at AIC 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #212 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at AIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at American International College.

AIC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at AIC since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

AIC Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. AIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from AIC, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American International College with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at American International College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from American International College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	38
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	34

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 MA, the home state for American International College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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 Published by The Springfield News Company Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.