Psychology at Haverford College

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

Haverford is located in Haverford, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,307 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Haverford.

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

Haverford Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Haverford Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Haverford 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 Haverford 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 Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Psychology Schools	10
	29
	31
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	289
Best Value Psychology Schools	580
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	851
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,115

Psychology Student Demographics at Haverford

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

Haverford Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Haverford, about 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Haverford since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Haverford College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Haverford College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	27
Child Development & 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 PA, the home state for Haverford 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 Jackbauerinvc under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.