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. Of the 3,357 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2021, 530 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.

John Jay Psychology Degrees Available

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

John Jay Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Psychology Schools	42
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	70
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
Most Focused Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	133
Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	142
	222
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	245
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	482
Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	485
Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	502
Best Psychology Schools	568

In 2021, 83 students received their master’s degree in psychology from John Jay. This makes it the #71 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 530 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from John Jay in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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	44
Black or African American	78
Hispanic or Latino	274
White	93
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

John Jay Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students earned a master's degree in psychology from John Jay. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. John Jay does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from John Jay, 58% 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	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	48
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

John Jay 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 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

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.