Psychology at Southern University at New Orleans

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

SUNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 2,264 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNO.

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

SUNO Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SUNO Psychology Rankings

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

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 SUNO 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 Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	378
Most Focused Psychology Schools	601
	660
	683
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	942
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,028
Best Psychology Schools	1,073
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,199

Psychology Student Demographics at SUNO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Southern University at New Orleans.

SUNO Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from SUNO in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNO since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 University at New Orleans with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern University at New Orleans. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	24

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human 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 LA, the home state for Southern University at New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	570	$86,630
Psychologists	190	$76,510

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 Augustus06 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.