Psychology at College of the Holy Cross

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what College of the Holy Cross has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 2,970 students attend the school each year. Of the 877 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of the Holy Cross in 2021, 115 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.

Holy Cross Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Holy Cross Psychology Rankings

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

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 Holy Cross 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
Best Psychology Schools	21
	34
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Most Focused Psychology Schools	142

Psychology Student Demographics at Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 115 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Holy Cross. About 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Holy Cross 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 the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	82
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at College of the Holy Cross. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at College of the Holy Cross. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	115

Related Majors

• 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.