General Psychology at The City College of New York

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

CCNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,227 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 404 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from CCNY.

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.

CCNY General Psychology Degrees Available

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

CCNY General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at CCNY 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 CCNY 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
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
	83
	301
Best General Psychology Schools	614

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in psychology from CCNY. This makes it the #156 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from CCNY Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CCNY is $30,175. This is 5% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 404 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from CCNY in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% 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 The City College of New York with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	68
Black or African American	83
Hispanic or Latino	194
White	37
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

CCNY General Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a master's degree in psychology from CCNY. About 20% were men and 80% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied 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 The City College of New York.

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 Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.