Psychology at Oberlin College

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 students attend the school each year. Of the 771 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College in 2021, 45 of them were psychology majors.

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

Oberlin Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Oberlin Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Oberlin 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
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	236
Best Psychology Schools	237
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	643
Most Focused Psychology Schools	765
Most Popular Psychology Schools	897

Psychology Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Oberlin. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	28
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Oberlin 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 Oberlin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	45

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences

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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Managers	14,410	$107,320
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,950	$75,710
Psychology Professors	1,420	$83,230
Psychologists	380	$92,900

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 Matthew Trump under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.