Psychology at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

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

SRU is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and approximately 8,860 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 80 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from SRU.

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

SRU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at SRU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SRU offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

SRU Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at SRU 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 Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	31
Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	47
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	632

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in psychology from SRU. This makes it the #371 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at SRU

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

SRU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from SRU. About 15% were men and 85% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at SRU 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SRU Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 psychology majors earned their master's degree from SRU. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from SRU, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SRU also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	80
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	23

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• 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 PA, the home state for Slippery Rock 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 Blackngold29 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.