Psychology at York College of Pennsylvania

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

YCP is located in York, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,039. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from YCP.

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

YCP Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

YCP Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at YCP 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 YCP 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
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	299
Best Psychology Schools	310
	486
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,454

Psychology Student Demographics at YCP

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

YCP Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at YCP awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 26% of these degrees went to men with the other 74% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at YCP since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at YCP 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 York College of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at York College of Pennsylvania. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at York College of Pennsylvania. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	23

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Education

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 York College of Pennsylvania.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.