General Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.
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.
VCU General Psychology Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
- Master’s Degree in Psychology
VCU General Psychology Rankings
The psychology major at VCU 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.
There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #79 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Psychology Student Demographics at VCU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.
VCU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in psychology.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 56 |
Black or African American | 105 |
Hispanic or Latino | 57 |
White | 216 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 53 |
VCU General Psychology Master’s Program
Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from VCU, 63% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in psychology.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Concentrations Within General 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 Virginia Commonwealth University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
General Psychology | 611 |
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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.
Occupation | Jobs in VA | Average Salary in VA |
---|---|---|
Managers | 17,280 | $134,500 |
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists | 2,680 | $80,380 |
Psychology Professors | 1,200 | $75,770 |
Psychologists | 400 | $97,200 |
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists | 200 | $126,220 |
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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.