Undergraduate Certificates in General Psychology

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 69% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.9% of psychology graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Psychology Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 54 people earned their undergraduate certificate in psychology. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in psychology at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	117,436
Associate Degree	17,944
Master’s Degree	6,995
Doctor’s Degree	1,634
Basic Certificate	222
Graduate Certificate	211
Undergraduate Certificate	54

Earnings of Psychology Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for psychology majors with their undergraduate certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for psychology students who are undergraduate certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in psychology. About 81.5% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	10
Women	44

The racial-ethnic distribution of psychology undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By BruceBlaus under License

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