General Psychology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

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

MCLA is located in North Adams, Massachusetts and approximately 1,202 students attend the school each year. Of the 284 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2021, 23 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.

MCLA General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

MCLA General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how MCLA 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 MCLA 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
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	284
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	329
	487
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	505
Best Value General Psychology Schools	548
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	827
Best General Psychology Schools	869
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	1,006

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from MCLA Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at MCLA is $28,438. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at MCLA

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

MCLA General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at MCLA 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 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.