Psychology at Mount St Mary’s University

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

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,560. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from The Mount.

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

The Mount Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

The Mount Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at The Mount 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 The Mount 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	222
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	706
	717
	738
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	851
Best Value Psychology Schools	1,029
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,115

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from The Mount. This is the #707 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at The Mount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Mount St Mary’s University.

The Mount Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at The Mount since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount St Mary's University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

The Mount 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 Mount St Mary's University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	28

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• Social Sciences

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 Mount St Mary's University.

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.