General Psychology at New England College

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

NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and approximately 4,483 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 23 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from NEC.

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.

NEC General Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

NEC General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at NEC 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 Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	827

Psychology Student Demographics at NEC

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

NEC General Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

NEC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New England College with a associate's in psychology.

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

NEC General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NEC, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at NEC 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 New England College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NEC 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

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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Managers	950	$123,580
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	420	$84,270
Psychology Professors	300	$89,780
Psychologists	30	$98,410

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 WikiReminder77 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.