General Psychology at Georgetown University

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at Georgetown University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 97 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Georgetown.

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.

Georgetown General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Georgetown General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Georgetown compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Georgetown 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	94
Most Popular General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	288

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Georgetown. This makes it the #288 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #94 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Georgetown Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgetown is $45,936. This is 60% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 97 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from Georgetown in 2020-2021, 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 Georgetown since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	52
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Georgetown General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 2 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgetown, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

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

Georgetown also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 4 students 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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	710	$95,500
Psychologists	200	$95,380
Psychology Professors	140	$109,060

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.