Psychology at Dartmouth College

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

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 6,292. Of the 1,384 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in 2021, 54 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.

Dartmouth Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Dartmouth Psychology Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Dartmouth 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
	1
Most Popular Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	352
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	410
Best Value Psychology Schools	532
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	563
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	706
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,486

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Dartmouth. This is the #707 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Dartmouth. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	34
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dartmouth College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	54

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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Managers	950	$123,580
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	420	$84,270
Psychology Professors	300	$89,780
Psychologists	30	$98,410

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.