Psychology at Skidmore College

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Skidmore College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Skidmore is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and approximately 2,582 students attend the school each year.

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

Skidmore Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Skidmore Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Skidmore 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Skidmore

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

Skidmore Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Skidmore since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Skidmore 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 Skidmore College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	68
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Skidmore College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Skidmore College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	52

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 NY, the home state for Skidmore College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Peter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.