Psychology at Excelsior College

Every psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Excelsior College stacks up to those at other schools.

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974. In 2021, 77 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Excelsior 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.

Excelsior College Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Excelsior College does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Excelsior College Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Excelsior College performed in these rankings.

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 Excelsior 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
Best Psychology Schools	26
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,361

Psychology Student Demographics at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Excelsior College. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Excelsior College since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Excelsior 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 Excelsior College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Excelsior 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

The following psychology concentations are available at Excelsior College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Excelsior College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	76
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	1

Related Majors

• History
• 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 NY, the home state for Excelsior College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Snowy Brooklyn College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.