General Psychology at Haverford College

If you plan to study general 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. Of the 365 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Haverford College in 2021, 27 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

Haverford General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Haverford General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

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 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
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best General Psychology Schools	5
	21
	25
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	256
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	424
Best Value General Psychology Schools	465
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	752
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	924

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Haverford Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Haverford is $37,952. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 33% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Haverford. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men. 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 2% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Haverford 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 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	2
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.

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology

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.