General Psychology at Southern Connecticut State University
SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 students attend the school each year.
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.
SCSU General Psychology Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
- Master’s Degree in Psychology
SCSU General Psychology Rankings
The psychology major at SCSU 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.
Psychology Student Demographics at SCSU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Southern Connecticut State University.
SCSU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in psychology.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 22 |
Hispanic or Latino | 42 |
White | 62 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 17 |
SCSU General Psychology Master’s Program
In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a master's in psychology.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Concentrations Within General Psychology
If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
General Psychology | 128 |
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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.
Occupation | Jobs in CT | Average Salary in CT |
---|---|---|
Managers | 6,590 | $129,730 |
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists | 1,720 | $90,870 |
Psychology Professors | 770 | $88,070 |
Psychologists | 190 | $96,180 |
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 Southern Connecticut State University under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.