General Psychology at Fort Valley State University

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

Fort Valley State University is located in Fort Valley, Georgia and approximately 3,079 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 57 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Fort Valley State University.

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.

Fort Valley State University General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Fort Valley State University General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Fort Valley State University 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 Fort Valley State University 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 Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	76

Psychology Student Demographics at Fort Valley State University

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

Fort Valley State University General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Fort Valley State University, about 28% were men and 72% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Fort Valley State University since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fort Valley State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	52
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Fort Valley State University 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 GA, the home state for Fort Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,100	$89,190
Psychology Professors	420	$75,850
Psychologists	300	$95,940

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 Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.