General Psychology at Widener University

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

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,150.

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.

Widener General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Widener General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Widener 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Widener

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

Widener General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Widener 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 Widener University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	37
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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Widener University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	37

Related Majors

• Other Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied 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 PA, the home state for Widener University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychology Professors	2,130	$89,300
Psychologists	460	$87,940

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 User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.