Psychology at Longwood University

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Longwood University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Longwood is located in Farmville, Virginia and approximately 4,841 students attend the school each year. Of the 777 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Longwood University in 2021, 50 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.

Longwood Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Longwood Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Longwood compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Longwood 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	596
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	613
Most Popular Psychology Schools	837
Most Focused Psychology Schools	878

Psychology Student Demographics at Longwood

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

Longwood 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 Longwood since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Longwood 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 Longwood University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Longwood also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Longwood University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	50

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 VA, the home state for Longwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 Webster Geneva under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.