General Psychology at Birmingham Southern College

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

BSC is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 1,129 students attend the school each year. Of the 276 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Birmingham Southern College in 2021, 17 of them were general psychology majors.

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

BSC General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

BSC General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at BSC 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 BSC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	269
Best Value General Psychology Schools	291
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	372
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	441
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	557
Best General Psychology Schools	573
	859
	891
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	953
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	1,157

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from BSC Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at BSC is $23,580. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at BSC

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

BSC General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from BSC in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at BSC 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 Birmingham Southern College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 AL, the home state for Birmingham Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	720	$69,070
Psychology Professors	400	$68,660
Psychologists	140	$90,050

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 Jwrandolph under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.