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Psychology at Christopher Newport University

Psychology at Christopher Newport University

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

CNU is located in Newport News, Virginia and approximately 4,868 students attend the school each year.

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

CNU Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

CNU Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at CNU 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at CNU

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

CNU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at CNU 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 Christopher Newport University with a bachelor's in psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 125
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Christopher Newport University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology 163

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 VA, the home state for Christopher Newport University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Managers 17,280 $134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 2,680 $80,380
Psychology Professors 1,200 $75,770
Psychologists 400 $97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 200 $126,220

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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