General Psychology at Providence College

If you plan to study general psychology, take a look at what Providence College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 4,821. Of the 1,173 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Providence College in 2021, 77 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

Providence General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Providence General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Psychology Schools	78
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79
Best Value General Psychology Schools	766

Earnings of Providence Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Providence is $36,775. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 28% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 77 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Providence, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

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.

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.

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.