General Psychology at Bunker Hill Community College

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

BHCC is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 9,924 students attend the school each year.

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.

BHCC General Psychology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Psychology

BHCC General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at BHCC

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

BHCC General Psychology Associate’s Program

70% Women

72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at BHCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

BHCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bunker Hill Community College with a associate's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within General Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bunker Hill Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	73

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 Bunker Hill Community 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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