Psychology at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 17,735 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 602 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College.

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

Brooklyn College Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Brooklyn College Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Brooklyn College 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 Brooklyn College 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
Most Popular Psychology Schools	29
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	117
Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	139
Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	154
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	189
	247
Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	510
	534

In 2021, 57 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Brooklyn College. This makes it the #118 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 602 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Brooklyn College in 2021, 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 Brooklyn College since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Brooklyn College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	100
Black or African American	134
Hispanic or Latino	134
White	210
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Brooklyn College Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 57 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from Brooklyn College in 2021, 26% were men and 74% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. Brooklyn College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brooklyn College with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Brooklyn College 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 Brooklyn College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	602
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	71
Child Development & Psychology	10

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism

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 Brooklyn College.

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 Gabriel Liendo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.