Psychology at Calvin University

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

Calvin is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,307. In 2021, 42 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Calvin.

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

Calvin Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Calvin Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Calvin 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 Calvin 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
Best Psychology Schools	208
Best Value Psychology Schools	693
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	826
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,124

Psychology Student Demographics at Calvin

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

Calvin Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 42 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Calvin in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Calvin since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Calvin 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 Calvin University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	42

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 MI, the home state for Calvin University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,430	$83,210
Psychology Professors	930	$92,000
Psychologists	190	$88,120

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 Romano1246 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.