General Psychology at College of Charleston

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

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 10,384 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 152 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from C of C.

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.

C of C General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

C of C General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at C of C compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at C of C 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 General Psychology Schools	551

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from C of C Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at C of C is $26,569. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at C of C

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

C of C General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 152 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from C of C. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at C of C 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 College of Charleston with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	112
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

C of C 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 SC, the home state for College of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,230	$63,050
Psychology Professors	330	$82,630
Psychologists	130	$92,560

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.