Psychology at Sewanee - The University of the South

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

Sewanee is located in Sewanee, Tennessee and has a total student population of 1,800. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Sewanee.

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

Sewanee Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Sewanee Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Sewanee 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 Sewanee 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
Best Psychology Schools	69
	250
	253
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	543
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	631
Best Value Psychology Schools	764

Psychology Student Demographics at Sewanee

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

Sewanee Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Sewanee. About 73% of these graduates were women and the other 27% were men. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Sewanee since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Sewanee 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 Sewanee - The University of the South with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	45
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sewanee - The University of the South. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	56

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• 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 TN, the home state for Sewanee - The University of the South.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,800	$69,510
Psychology Professors	660	$74,260
Psychologists	230	$87,260

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 Uncited photographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.