Psychology at Bates College

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

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and has a total student population of 1,876. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Bates.

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

Bates Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Bates Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Bates 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 Bates 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 Schools	4
	19
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Psychology Schools	147
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	378
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	445
Best Value Psychology Schools	483
Most Popular Psychology Schools	663

Psychology Student Demographics at Bates

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

Bates Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Bates. About 66% of these graduates were women and the other 34% were men. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Bates 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 Bates College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	51
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bates 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bates College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	73

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social 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 ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	290	$75,620
Psychology Professors	180	$73,000
Psychologists	60	$82,790

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 N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.