General Psychology at Norfolk State University

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at Norfolk State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Norfolk State is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 5,457. Of the 708 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Norfolk State University in 2021, 96 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

Norfolk State General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Norfolk State General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Norfolk State 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 Norfolk State 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 Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	83
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	311
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	403

Psychology Student Demographics at Norfolk State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Norfolk State University.

Norfolk State General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Norfolk State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	83
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Norfolk State 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 VA, the home state for Norfolk State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.