General Psychology at Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

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.

Penn State University Park General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Penn State University Park General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Penn State University Park 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Penn State University Park

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

Penn State University Park General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Penn State University Park since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Penn State University Park 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 Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	254
International Students	50
Other Races/Ethnicities	37

Concentrations Within General Psychology

General 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 Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychology Professors	2,130	$89,300
Psychologists	460	$87,940

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 George Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.