Psychology at Pomona College

Every psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Pomona College stacks up to those at other schools.

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,475 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Pomona.

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

Pomona Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Pomona Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Pomona 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 Pomona 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	660
Most Focused Psychology Schools	939
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,050
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,314

Psychology Student Demographics at Pomona

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

Pomona Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Pomona. About 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Pomona since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Pomona College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Pomona also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Pomona College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	19

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 CA, the home state for Pomona College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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 Nostalgicwisdom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.