Psychology at Harding University

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

Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and approximately 4,617 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Harding.

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

Harding Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Harding Psychology Rankings

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

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 Harding 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
Best Value Psychology Schools	290
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	300
Best Psychology Schools	312

Psychology Student Demographics at Harding

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

Harding Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Harding in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Harding since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Harding 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 Harding University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	38
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Harding University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	38
Child Development & Psychology	6

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 AR, the home state for Harding University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	580	$69,000
Psychology Professors	220	$64,360
Psychologists	80	$83,030

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.