General Psychology at Southern Virginia University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Southern Virginia University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

SVU is located in Buena Vista, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,140.

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.

SVU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SVU General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at SVU 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 SVU

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

SVU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at SVU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at SVU 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 Southern Virginia University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern Virginia University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	32

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 VA, the home state for Southern Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.