Applied Psychology at Boston College

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

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 students attend the school each year.

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

Boston College Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Psychology

Boston College Applied Psychology Rankings

The applied psychology major at Boston College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Applied 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.

Applied Psychology Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of applied psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in applied psychology at Boston College 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 Boston College with a bachelor's in applied psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	69
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Related Majors

• Counseling Psychology

Careers That Applied Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied 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 Boston College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550

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 Harvey D. Egan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.