Psychology at Kean University

Every psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Kean University stacks up to those at other schools.

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and has a total student population of 14,064. Of the 2,562 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kean University in 2021, 433 of them were psychology majors.

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

Kean Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Kean

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Kean offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Kean Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Kean 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 Kean 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
Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	69
Most Focused Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	90
Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	105
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In 2021, 97 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Kean. This makes it the #55 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #212 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Kean

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

Kean Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 433 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Kean. About 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Kean University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	101
Hispanic or Latino	123
White	143
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

Kean Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 97 students earned a master's degree in psychology from Kean. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. Kean does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	36
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Kean also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	455
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	78
Other Psychology	18

Related Majors

• History
• Social 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 NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	30	$119,700

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 Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.