General Psychology at The College of New Jersey

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 The College of New Jersey stacks up to those at other schools.

TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and approximately 7,783 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from TCNJ.

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.

TCNJ General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

TCNJ General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at TCNJ 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 TCNJ 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
	191
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	232
Best Value General Psychology Schools	255
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from TCNJ Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at TCNJ is $31,706. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at TCNJ

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

TCNJ General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 108 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from TCNJ in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at TCNJ 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 The College of New Jersey with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	63
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

TCNJ 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 NJ, the home state for The College of New Jersey.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	30	$119,700

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.