General Psychology at Northern Virginia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Northern Virginia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and approximately 52,873 students attend the school each year.

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.

Northern Virginia Community College General Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Northern Virginia Community College General Psychology Rankings

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Psychology Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Northern Virginia Community College.

Northern Virginia Community College General Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at Northern Virginia Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Northern Virginia Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	32
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Related Majors

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 Northern Virginia Community College.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.