General Psychology at New Jersey City University

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at New Jersey City University stacks up to those at other schools.

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,550. 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 General Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

NJCU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

NJCU General 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 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
	99
	108
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	275

Earnings of NJCU Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at NJCU is $33,834. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 18% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 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 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.