General Psychology at Purchase College

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 Purchase College stacks up to those at other schools.

Purchase College is located in Purchase, New York and approximately 3,685 students attend the school each year.

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.

Purchase College General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Purchase College General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Purchase College 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 Purchase College

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

Purchase College General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went 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.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Purchase College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Purchase College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	53

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 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.