Psychology at SUNY Potsdam

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

SUNY Potsdam is located in Potsdam, New York and has a total student population of 3,084. In 2021, 58 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Potsdam.

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 Potsdam Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SUNY Potsdam Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at SUNY Potsdam 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 Potsdam 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	350
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	531

Psychology Student Demographics at SUNY Potsdam

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

SUNY Potsdam Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 58 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from SUNY Potsdam in 2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at SUNY Potsdam 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 SUNY Potsdam with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from SUNY Potsdam. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	58

Related Majors

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

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 Potsdam.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.