Psychology at New Jersey City University

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

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 7,550 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 169 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from NJCU.

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

NJCU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

NJCU Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how NJCU performed in these rankings.

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 NJCU 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
	21
	68
	122
Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	124
Most Focused Psychology Schools	221
Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	241
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288
Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	357
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	365
Best Value Psychology Schools	388
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	401

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in psychology from NJCU. This makes it the #402 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at NJCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at New Jersey City University.

NJCU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 169 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from NJCU. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 New Jersey City University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	85
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

NJCU Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from NJCU in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Jersey City University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Jersey City University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	169
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	27

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• History
• 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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	30	$119,700

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 Stepanstas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.