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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. Of the 1,173 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Providence College in 2021, 77 of them were psychology majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Providence 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 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.

Ranking Type Rank
46
47

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

81% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Providence. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

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About 73% 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 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 56
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

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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