General Psychology at Troy University

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

TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and has a total student population of 16,497. In 2021, 271 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from TROY.

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.

TROY General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at TROY

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, TROY does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

TROY General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how TROY 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 TROY 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 Popular General Psychology Schools	123

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from TROY Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at TROY is $31,040. This is 8% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at TROY

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

TROY General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 271 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from TROY, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Troy University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	105
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	130
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 AL, the home state for Troy University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	720	$69,070
Psychology Professors	400	$68,660
Psychologists	140	$90,050

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 Mactones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.