Psychology at SUNY Old Westbury

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at SUNY Old Westbury. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SUNY Old Westbury is located in Old Westbury, New York and has a total student population of 5,007. Of the 1,108 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Old Westbury in 2021, 132 of them were psychology majors.

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

SUNY Old Westbury Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SUNY Old Westbury Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at SUNY Old Westbury compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at SUNY Old Westbury 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	119
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	573

Psychology Student Demographics at SUNY Old Westbury

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at SUNY Old Westbury.

SUNY Old Westbury Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 132 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Old Westbury, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 SUNY Old Westbury with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	45
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SUNY Old Westbury 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at SUNY Old Westbury. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	132

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Old Westbury.

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 crz4mets2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.