General Psychology at Suffolk University

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

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,830. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Suffolk.

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.

Suffolk General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Suffolk General Psychology Rankings

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

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 Suffolk 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
	127
	133
Best General Psychology Schools	695
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	844

Earnings of Suffolk Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Suffolk is $33,061. This is 15% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Suffolk. About 15% were men and 85% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Suffolk 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 Suffolk University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	38
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• Other Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.