General Psychology at Oberlin College

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,658. Of the 771 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College in 2021, 45 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.

Oberlin General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Oberlin General 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 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
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	200
Best General Psychology Schools	207
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	428
	469
	477
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	507
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	861

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Oberlin Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oberlin is $28,538. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oberlin, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

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.

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 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.