General Psychology at Pillar College

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

Pillar is located in Newark, New Jersey and approximately 534 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Pillar.

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.

Pillar General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Pillar General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Pillar 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 Pillar 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
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	2
	5
	7
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best General Psychology Schools	22
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Best Value General Psychology Schools	77
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	552
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	688

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Pillar Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Pillar is $42,475. This is 48% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Pillar

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

Pillar General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Pillar in 2021, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pillar College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 NJ, the home state for Pillar College.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	30	$119,700

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 Richard Arthur Norton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.