Psychology at Chestnut Hill College

Every 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 Chestnut Hill College stacks up to those at other schools.

CHC is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,528 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

CHC Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

CHC Psychology Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #121 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at CHC

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

CHC Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 62 students who earned a master's degree in Psychology from CHC in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from CHC, 52% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Chestnut Hill College with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Chestnut Hill College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	86

Related Majors

• 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 Chestnut Hill College.

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
• Image Credit: By Kiran under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.