Psychology at Lewis & Clark College

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 Lewis & Clark College stacks up to those at other schools.

Lewis and Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 3,157 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.

Lewis and Clark College Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Lewis and Clark College

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.

Lewis and Clark College does offer online education options in psychology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Lewis and Clark College Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Lewis and Clark College 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Lewis and Clark College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Lewis & Clark College.

Lewis and Clark College Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Lewis and Clark College since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Lewis and Clark College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	49
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lewis & Clark College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	75
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	30

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 OR, the home state for Lewis & Clark College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,040	$103,870
Psychology Professors	540	$76,580

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 Otebig (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.