General Psychology at Skidmore College

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Skidmore College stacks up to those at other schools.

Skidmore is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and approximately 2,582 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Skidmore.

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.

Skidmore General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Skidmore General Psychology Rankings

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

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 Skidmore 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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	224
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	266
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	504
Best Value General Psychology Schools	863

Earnings of Skidmore Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Skidmore is $34,416. This is 20% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Skidmore. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were 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 5% more men than average.

About 63% 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	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	33
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Skidmore 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 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.