General Psychology at Davidson College

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Davidson College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Davidson is located in Davidson, North Carolina and has a total student population of 1,983. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Davidson.

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.

Davidson General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Davidson General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Davidson 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 Davidson is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	261
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	305
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	562
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	700

Psychology Student Demographics at Davidson

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

Davidson General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Davidson awarded 44 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Davidson since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Davidson 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 Davidson College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	34
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 NC, the home state for Davidson College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 Dacoslett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.