General Psychology at Samford University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Samford University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 5,729 students attend the school each year. Of the 994 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in 2021, 21 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.

Samford General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Samford General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Samford 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Samford

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

Samford General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Samford. Of these graduates, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Samford 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 Samford University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Samford 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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	720	$69,070
Psychology Professors	400	$68,660
Psychologists	140	$90,050

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 Sweetmoose6 under License

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