General Psychology
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of General Psychology degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and South Hooksett, NH. N/A The most common degree awarded to students studying General Psychology is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Psychology and the types of students that study this field. Southern New Hampshire University awards the most degrees in General Psychology in the US.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Psychology programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (846 total). N/A
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Psychology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Southern New Hampshire University has the most General Psychology degree recipients, with 2,850 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Psychology.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Psychology by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General Psychology.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Psychology in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Psychology degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Psychology (68,378 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Psychology are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Psychology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Psychology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General Psychology.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Psychology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Psychology majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Psychology majors need more than the average amount of Social Perceptiveness, Science, Service Orientation, Persuasion, Operations Analysis, Active Listening, Negotiation, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Active Learning, Instructing, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Management of Personnel Resources, Coordination, Systems Evaluation, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Operation Monitoring, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Psychology majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Social Perceptiveness is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation, Writing, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Persuasion, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Science, Negotiation, Coordination, Time Management, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Technology Design, Operation Monitoring, Programming, Troubleshooting, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
