General Psychology at Boston College

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Boston College stacks up to those at other schools.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 14,934. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 127 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Boston College.

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.

Boston College General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Boston College General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Boston College 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
Most Focused General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	317
Best Value General Psychology Schools	739

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Boston College. This is the #317 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Boston College Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Boston College is $37,262. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 127 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Boston College. About 74% of these graduates were women and the other 26% were men. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Boston College since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	70
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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.