General Psychology at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Sacred Heart.

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.

Sacred Heart General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Sacred Heart

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Sacred Heart offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Sacred Heart General Psychology Rankings

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

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 Sacred Heart 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
Best Value General Psychology Schools	729
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	746

Earnings of Sacred Heart Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sacred Heart is $29,831. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Sacred Heart University.

Sacred Heart General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Sacred Heart. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	84
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• Other Psychology

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,720	$90,870
Psychology Professors	770	$88,070
Psychologists	190	$96,180

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 Unknownwikidata:Q4233718 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.