Psychology at Purchase College

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

Purchase College is located in Purchase, New York and has a total student population of 3,685. In 2021, 53 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Purchase College.

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

Purchase College Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Purchase College Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Purchase College 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 Purchase College 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	509
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	569
Most Focused Psychology Schools	764
	954
	999
Best Psychology Schools	1,026

Psychology Student Demographics at Purchase College

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

Purchase College Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Purchase College awarded 53 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 26% of these degrees went to men with the other 74% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Purchase College since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Purchase College 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 Purchase College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Purchase College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purchase College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	53

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism

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 NY, the home state for Purchase College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Rschaming under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.