Psychology at Dean College

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Dean College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Dean College is located in Franklin, Massachusetts and approximately 1,180 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Dean College.

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

Dean College Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Dean College Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Dean College 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 Dean College 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
	12
Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Psychology Associate Degree Schools	226
	253
	254
Most Popular Psychology Associate Degree Schools	255
Most Focused Psychology Schools	714
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,013
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,058
Best Psychology Schools	1,059
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,132
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,314

Psychology Student Demographics at Dean College

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

Dean College Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Dean College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Dean College Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Dean College in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Dean College 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 Dean College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Dean College 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 Dean College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	19

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• Education
• History
• Communication & Journalism

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 MA, the home state for Dean College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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.