General Psychology at Fairmont State University

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

Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and approximately 3,848 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 45 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Fairmont State.

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.

Fairmont State General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Fairmont State General Psychology Rankings

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

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 Fairmont State 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
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	591
	958
Best General Psychology Schools	970

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Fairmont State Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Fairmont State is $21,691. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at Fairmont State

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

Fairmont State General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from Fairmont State in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 96% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Fairmont State 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 Fairmont State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 WV, the home state for Fairmont State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	670	$59,200
Psychology Professors	170	$68,470
Psychologists	130	$82,970

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 User:Scochran4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.