Psychology at St Mary’s College of Maryland

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if St Mary's College of Maryland is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and approximately 1,508 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 55 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from SMCM.

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

SMCM Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SMCM Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at SMCM 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 SMCM 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	41
Most Focused Psychology Schools	131
Best Psychology Schools	233
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	416
	496
	502
Best Value Psychology Schools	537
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	553
Most Popular Psychology Schools	797

Psychology Student Demographics at SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at SMCM 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 St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

SMCM 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from St Mary's College of Maryland. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	55

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• Social Sciences

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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,090	$79,820
Psychologists	630	$112,330
Psychology Professors	430	$87,850

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 Steve Pribut under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.