General Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus

Every general 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 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

FDU is located in Madison, New Jersey and approximately 3,396 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from FDU.

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

FDU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

FDU General Psychology Rankings

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

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 FDU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Psychology Schools	453
	472
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	766
Best Value General Psychology Schools	815

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from FDU Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at FDU is $28,529. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

Psychology Student Demographics at FDU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus.

FDU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 83 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from FDU in 2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at FDU 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 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

FDU also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 NJ, the home state for Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	30	$119,700

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.