Psychology at Point University

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

Point is located in West Point, Georgia and approximately 1,946 students attend the school each year. Of the 176 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Point University in 2021, 39 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.

Point Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Point

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.

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

• Associate’s Degree

Point Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Point 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
Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools	16
	17
Most Popular Online Psychology Associate Degree Schools	50
Most Focused Psychology Schools	67
Most Popular Online Psychology Schools	218
Most Popular Psychology Associate Degree Schools	240
	403
	404
Best Psychology Schools	581
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	603
Most Popular Psychology Schools	897

Psychology Student Demographics at Point

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

Point Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at Point may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in psychology at Point are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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

Point Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Point since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Point University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	32
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	13

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• History
• Education
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 GA, the home state for Point University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,100	$89,190
Psychology Professors	420	$75,850
Psychologists	300	$95,940

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 Y. G. Lulat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.