Undergraduate Certificates in Psychology

This degree is more popular with female students, and about 22% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group.

Education Levels of Psychology Majors

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students 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	134,434
Master’s Degree	32,270
Associate Degree	18,787
Doctor’s Degree	6,582
Graduate Certificate	3,161
Basic Certificate	389
Undergraduate Certificate	55

Earnings of Psychology Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in psychology is $29,544. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. To get a better picture, earnings for this category of people can range from a low of $25,741 to a high of $31,918.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in psychology is $25,876. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $30,052 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $21,701.

Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $249.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in psychology. About 78.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	12
Women	43

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	23
Clinical & Counseling Psychology	17
Other Psychology	10
General Psychology	5

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to psychology that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Education	4,276
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	3,967
Communication & Journalism	1,368
Social Sciences	324
Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies	103

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 Nevit Dilmen under License

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