General Psychology at Marist College

Every general 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 Marist College stacks up to those at other schools.

Marist is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 6,600 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 91 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Marist.

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.

Marist General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Marist General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Marist 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 Marist 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
	61
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Best General Psychology Schools	151
Most Popular General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	317
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	328
Best Value General Psychology Schools	601

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Marist. This is the #317 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Marist Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Marist is $34,617. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 21% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Marist

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

Marist General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 91 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Marist. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Marist 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 Marist College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	69
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• Other 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 NY, the home state for Marist College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Bpg00765 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.