Psychology at Dalton State College

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

DSC is located in Dalton, Georgia and has a total student population of 4,794. In 2021, 21 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from DSC.

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

DSC Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

DSC Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at DSC 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 DSC 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
	997
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,008
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,042
Best Psychology Schools	1,088
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,267

Psychology Student Demographics at DSC

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

DSC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from DSC in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at DSC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

DSC 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 Dalton State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	21

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 GA, the home state for Dalton State College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,100	$89,190
Psychology Professors	420	$75,850
Psychologists	300	$95,940

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.