Psychology at Davis & Elkins College

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

D&E is located in Elkins, West Virginia and has a total student population of 738. Of the 165 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Davis & Elkins College in 2021, 17 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.

D&E Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

D&E Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at D&E 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 D&E 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 Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	241
Most Focused Psychology Schools	414
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,095
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,364

Psychology Student Demographics at D&E

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

D&E Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from D&E. Of these graduates, 12% were men and 88% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

D&E 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Davis & Elkins College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	17

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Education
• 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 WV, the home state for Davis & Elkins College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	670	$59,200
Psychology Professors	170	$68,470
Psychologists	130	$82,970

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.