General Psychology at William Paterson University of New Jersey

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if William Paterson University of New Jersey is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

William Paterson University is located in Wayne, New Jersey and approximately 9,635 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,755 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William Paterson University of New Jersey in 2021, 190 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

William Paterson University General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

William Paterson University General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at William Paterson University 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
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	196
	251
	260
Best General Psychology Schools	280

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from William Paterson University Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at William Paterson University is $30,863. This is 8% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at William Paterson University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at William Paterson University of New Jersey.

William Paterson University General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 190 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from William Paterson University, about 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at William Paterson University since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 William Paterson University of New Jersey with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	71
White	71
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

William Paterson University 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

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 NJ, the home state for William Paterson University of New Jersey.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	30	$119,700

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 No machine-readable author provided. NHRHS2010 assumed (based on copyright claims). under License

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