General Psychology at SUNY Old Westbury

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if SUNY Old Westbury is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

SUNY Old Westbury is located in Old Westbury, New York and has a total student population of 5,007. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 132 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from SUNY Old Westbury.

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.

SUNY Old Westbury General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SUNY Old Westbury General 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 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
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88
	146
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	231
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	515
Best General Psychology Schools	529

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from SUNY Old Westbury Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Old Westbury is $32,696. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 132 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from SUNY Old Westbury. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

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 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.

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 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.