Psychology at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,932. Of the 627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in 2021, 45 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.

Dickinson Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Dickinson Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Best Psychology Schools	36
	50
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	338
Most Focused Psychology Schools	533
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	643
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	681
Most Popular Psychology Schools	897

Psychology Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Dickinson 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 Dickinson College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Dickinson 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 Dickinson College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	45

Related Majors

• History
• Education
• 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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychology Professors	2,130	$89,300
Psychologists	460	$87,940

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
• Image Credit: By JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.