Psychology at Grinnell College

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

Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,493. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Grinnell.

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

Grinnell Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Grinnell Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Grinnell 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 Grinnell 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	429
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	802
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,074

Psychology Student Demographics at Grinnell

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

Grinnell Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Grinnell, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Grinnell College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	30
Other Psychology	1

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences

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 IA, the home state for Grinnell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	740	$85,260
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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 Aureliusxv under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.