Psychology at Colgate University

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

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and approximately 3,054 students attend the school each year. Of the 896 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in 2021, 56 of them were psychology majors.

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

Colgate Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Colgate Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Colgate 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 Colgate 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
	1
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Psychology Schools	8
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	440
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	543
Best Value Psychology Schools	558
Most Focused Psychology Schools	661

Psychology Student Demographics at Colgate

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

Colgate Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Colgate 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 Colgate University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	36
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within 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 Colgate University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	51
General Psychology	5

Related Majors

• Education
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences

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 NY, the home state for Colgate University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.