General Psychology at Clark Atlanta University

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

CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 3,776 students attend the school each year. Of the 618 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Clark Atlanta University in 2021, 65 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.

CAU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

CAU General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how CAU 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 CAU 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
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	795
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	924
Best General Psychology Schools	959

Earnings of CAU Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CAU is $24,229. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

Psychology Student Demographics at CAU

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

CAU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 65 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from CAU in 2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for Clark Atlanta University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,100	$89,190
Psychology Professors	420	$75,850
Psychologists	300	$95,940

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 Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.