Psychology at Eastern Connecticut State University

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

ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and has a total student population of 4,644. Of the 1,013 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2021, 100 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.

ECSU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

ECSU Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at ECSU 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 ECSU 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 Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	338
	343
	351
Most Popular Psychology Schools	523
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	812

Psychology Student Demographics at ECSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Eastern Connecticut State University.

ECSU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 100 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from ECSU in 2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at ECSU 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 Eastern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	65
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

ECSU 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 Eastern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	100

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 CT, the home state for Eastern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,720	$90,870
Psychology Professors	770	$88,070
Psychologists	190	$96,180

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.