Psychology at Sierra Nevada College

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Sierra Nevada College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SNC is located in Incline Village, Nevada and has a total student population of 617. Of the 90 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sierra Nevada College in 2021, 22 of them were psychology majors.

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

SNC Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SNC Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how SNC performed in these rankings.

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 SNC 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
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Most Focused Psychology Schools	263
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	987
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,241

Psychology Student Demographics at SNC

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

SNC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from SNC. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at SNC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at SNC 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 Sierra Nevada College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SNC 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Sierra Nevada College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	22

Related Majors

• Education

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 NV, the home state for Sierra Nevada College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Managers	7,120	$102,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	440	$83,760
Psychology Professors	280	$60,880
Psychologists	120	$74,060

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 Sierra Nevada College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.