Psychology at University of Holy Cross

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

UHC is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 1,137 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UHC.

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

UHC Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at UHC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UHC offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UHC Psychology Rankings

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

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 UHC 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
Most Focused Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Popular Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	109
Most Popular Online Psychology Schools	223
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,295
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,391

Psychology Student Demographics at UHC

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

UHC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from UHC in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 University of Holy Cross with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UHC also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 17 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at University of Holy Cross. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Holy Cross. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Psychology	17
General Psychology	4

Related Majors

• History
• Education

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 LA, the home state for University of Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	570	$86,630
Psychologists	190	$76,510

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.