General Psychology at Lesley University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Lesley University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Lesley is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 4,200. Of the 570 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lesley University in 2021, 80 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.

Lesley General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Lesley General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Lesley performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Lesley 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
	129
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	337
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	375
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	609

Earnings of Lesley Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lesley is $33,544. This is 17% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Lesley

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

Lesley General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 80 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lesley, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	36
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Lesley also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied 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 MA, the home state for Lesley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.