General Psychology at Cornell University

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Cornell University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 81 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Cornell.

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.

Cornell General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Cornell General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Cornell 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 Cornell 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	15
	47
Best Value General Psychology Schools	578

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Cornell. This is the #317 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Cornell Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cornell is $36,163. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 26% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	22
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology

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 Cornell 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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.