General Psychology at Southern University at New Orleans

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 Southern University at New Orleans stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 2,264 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from SUNO.

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.

SUNO General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SUNO General Psychology Rankings

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

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 SUNO 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	313
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	374
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	547
Best Value General Psychology Schools	590
	609
	623
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	813
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	939
Best General Psychology Schools	978
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	990

Earnings of SUNO Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNO is $27,089. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNO, about 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 45% 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.

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 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.