General Psychology at Salem College

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

Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 636 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Salem.

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.

Salem General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Salem General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Salem 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 Salem 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
	698
	718
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	777
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	853
Best Value General Psychology Schools	895
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,181

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Salem Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Salem is $26,016. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Salem

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

Salem General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Salem awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Salem 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 Salem College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Salem 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 NC, the home state for Salem College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.