Psychology at La Salle University

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

La Salle is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,624.

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

La Salle Psychology Degrees Available

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

La Salle Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at La Salle 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.

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #77 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at La Salle

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

La Salle Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at La Salle since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 La Salle University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

La Salle Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from La Salle, 72% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Psychology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	66
General Psychology	63

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 La Salle University.

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 Edward J. Picardy under License

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