General Psychology at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

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

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,130. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 71 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Ship.

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.

Ship General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Ship General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Ship compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Ship 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 Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	455
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	535
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Earnings of Ship Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ship is $26,693. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at Ship

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

Ship General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 71 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Ship, about 13% were men and 87% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Ship 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	51
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Ship 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 PA, the home state for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychology Professors	2,130	$89,300
Psychologists	460	$87,940

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 Cgboeree under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.