General Psychology at Shaw University

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

Shaw University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 1,283.

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.

Shaw University General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Shaw University General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Shaw University 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 Shaw University

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

Shaw University General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Shaw University since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Shaw University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within General Psychology

General Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Shaw University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	13

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 Shaw University.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.