General Psychology at Williams College

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 Williams College stacks up to those at other schools.

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,987. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Williams.

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.

Williams General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Williams General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Williams compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Williams 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
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	326
Best Value General Psychology Schools	353

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Williams Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Williams is $40,760. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 42% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Williams awarded 38 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Williams 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 Williams College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Williams also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.