Psychology at Russell Sage College

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

Russel Sage is located in Troy, New York and approximately 2,389 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Russel Sage.

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

Russel Sage Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Russel Sage

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Russel Sage does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

Russel Sage Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Russel Sage performed in these rankings.

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 Russel Sage 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 Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	41
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	43
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	44
Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	46
Most Focused Psychology Schools	58
Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	117
	294
Most Popular Psychology Schools	365
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	533

In 2021, 115 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Russel Sage. This makes it the #44 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Russel Sage

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

Russel Sage Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Russel Sage in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Russel Sage 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 Russell Sage College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Russel Sage Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 115 students who earned a master's degree in Psychology from Russel Sage in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Russel Sage, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Russell Sage College with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	69
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Russel Sage 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Russell Sage College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Psychology	116
General Psychology	36

Related Majors

• History
• 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 Russell Sage 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.