Psychology at Housatonic Community College

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

Housatonic Community College is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and approximately 3,821 students attend the school each year.

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

Housatonic Community College Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Housatonic Community College Psychology 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Housatonic Community College

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

Housatonic Community College Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at Housatonic Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

Housatonic Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Housatonic Community College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Housatonic Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	15

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• 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 CT, the home state for Housatonic Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,720	$90,870
Psychology Professors	770	$88,070
Psychologists	190	$96,180

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.