General Psychology at LaGuardia Community College

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 LaGuardia Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and has a total student population of 16,971.

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.

LaGuardia General Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

LaGuardia General Psychology Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Psychology Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia General Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	101
White	14
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

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 LaGuardia Community 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.