Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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

John Jay is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 15,766.

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

John Jay Psychology Degrees Available

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

John Jay Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at John Jay 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at John Jay

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

John Jay Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	48
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	250
White	122
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

John Jay Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from John Jay, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	67
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	622

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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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 Beyond My Ken under License

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