Psychology at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College stacks up to those at other schools.

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,920. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Roanoke.

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

Roanoke Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Roanoke Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Roanoke performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Roanoke 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 Schools	567
	646
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	897
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,061

Psychology Student Demographics at Roanoke

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

Roanoke Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Roanoke since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Roanoke College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	32

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• 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 VA, the home state for Roanoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 roanokecollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.