General Psychology at James Madison University

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at James Madison University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 21,594. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

JMU General Psychology Degrees Available

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

JMU General Psychology Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at JMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at James Madison University.

JMU General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 12 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from JMU, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.