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Psychology at Providence College

Psychology at Providence College

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

Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 4,821 students attend the school each year.

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

Providence Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Providence Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Providence 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Providence

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

Providence Psychology Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Providence since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Providence 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 Providence College with a bachelor's in psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 83
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Concentrations Within Psychology

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology 77

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 RI, the home state for Providence College.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 880 $83,030
Managers 830 $114,660
Psychology Professors 140 $93,080
Psychologists 90 $73,080

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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