Psychology at Vassar College

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

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Vassar.

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

Vassar Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Vassar Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Vassar compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Vassar 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
Best Psychology Schools	388
Most Popular Psychology Schools	882

Psychology Student Demographics at Vassar

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

Vassar Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Vassar. Of these graduates, 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Vassar 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 Vassar College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	29
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Vassar 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 Vassar College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	46

Related Majors

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

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 Vassar 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
• Image Credit: By Noteremote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.