Psychology at Whitman College

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Whitman College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and has a total student population of 1,360. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Whitman.

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

Whitman Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Whitman Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Whitman 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 Whitman 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
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
Most Focused Psychology Schools	236
	409
	410
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	820
Best Value Psychology Schools	937

Psychology Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Whitman awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Whitman 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 Whitman College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	37

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,330	$73,840
Psychology Professors	860	$68,420
Psychologists	370	$102,760

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.