Psychology at Lock Haven University

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

LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,163 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 38 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from LHU.

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

LHU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

LHU Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how LHU 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 LHU 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
Best Psychology Schools	333
Most Focused Psychology Schools	856

Psychology Student Demographics at LHU

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

LHU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at LHU awarded 38 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at LHU 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 Lock Haven University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	38

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• 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 PA, the home state for Lock Haven 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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.