Psychology at McDaniel College

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

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and approximately 2,931 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from McDaniel.

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

McDaniel Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

McDaniel Psychology Rankings

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

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 McDaniel 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	86
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	660
Most Focused Psychology Schools	960

Psychology Student Demographics at McDaniel

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

McDaniel Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at McDaniel awarded 43 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 16% of these degrees went to men with the other 84% going to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at McDaniel 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 McDaniel College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

McDaniel 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 McDaniel College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	43

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 MD, the home state for McDaniel College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,090	$79,820
Psychologists	630	$112,330
Psychology Professors	430	$87,850

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 Swissbeauty under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.