Psychology at Gettysburg College
If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Gettysburg College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,507.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.
Gettysburg Psychology Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
Gettysburg Psychology Rankings
The psychology major at Gettysburg 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.
Psychology Student Demographics at Gettysburg
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Gettysburg College.
Gettysburg Psychology Bachelor’s Program
About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg College with a bachelor's in psychology.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
White | 36 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Concentrations Within Psychology
If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Gettysburg College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
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Child Development & Psychology | 36 |
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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg College.
Occupation | Jobs in PA | Average Salary in PA |
---|---|---|
Managers | 11,060 | $126,290 |
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists | 4,440 | $83,610 |
Psychology Professors | 2,130 | $89,300 |
Psychologists | 460 | $87,940 |
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 Jason Kowell under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.