General Psychology at Catholic University of America

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at Catholic University of America. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 5,366 students attend the school each year. Of the 884 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Catholic University of America in 2021, 57 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.

CUA General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

CUA General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at CUA 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 CUA 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
	120
	392
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	758
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	825
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	832

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in psychology from CUA. This makes it the #94 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #119 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of CUA Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CUA is $29,308. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at CUA

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

CUA General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from CUA in 2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at CUA 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 Catholic University of America with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CUA General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a master's degree in General Psychology from CUA in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from CUA, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Catholic University of America with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

CUA 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 DC, the home state for Catholic University of America.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	710	$95,500
Psychologists	200	$95,380
Psychology Professors	140	$109,060

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 Gryffindor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.