Psychology at Vanderbilt University

Every 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 Vanderbilt University stacks up to those at other schools.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537.

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

Vanderbilt Psychology Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Vanderbilt 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #198 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	52
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Vanderbilt Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Vanderbilt, 57% 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 Vanderbilt University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	79
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 Vanderbilt University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	105
Child Development & Psychology	42
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	5

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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,800	$69,510
Psychology Professors	660	$74,260
Psychologists	230	$87,260

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 Dansan4444 under License

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