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General Psychology at Howard University

General Psychology at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859.

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.

Howard General Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Howard General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Howard 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 95
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 0
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 24

Concentrations Within General 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 Howard University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology 107

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Managers 19,910 $147,460
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 710 $95,500
Psychologists 200 $95,380
Psychology Professors 140 $109,060

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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