General Psychology at Westfield State University

Every general 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 Westfield State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and approximately 5,395 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 94 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Westfield.

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.

Westfield General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Westfield General Psychology Rankings

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

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 Westfield 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
	272
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	275
	280
Most Focused General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	317
Most Popular General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	317
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	729

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Westfield. This is the #317 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Westfield Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Westfield is $30,569. This is 7% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Westfield

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

Westfield General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 94 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from Westfield in 2020-2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Westfield 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 Westfield State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	64
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Westfield 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
• Other 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 MA, the home state for Westfield State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.