Psychology at Belhaven University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Belhaven University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Belhaven is located in Jackson, Mississippi and has a total student population of 4,999. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Belhaven.

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

Belhaven Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Belhaven

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Belhaven does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Belhaven Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Belhaven performed in these rankings.

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 Belhaven 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 Schools	100
Best Psychology Schools	740
Most Popular Psychology Schools	837
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,393

Psychology Student Demographics at Belhaven

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

Belhaven Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Belhaven. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Belhaven University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	36
General Psychology	14

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• 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 MS, the home state for Belhaven University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Psychology Professors	320	$71,880
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	250	$67,570
Psychologists	60	$81,610

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 David Lazich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.