Psychology at LIU Post

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what LIU Post has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and approximately 15,066 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 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.

LIU Post Psychology Degrees Available

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

LIU Post Psychology Rankings

There were 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at LIU Post

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at LIU Post.

LIU Post Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 78 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from LIU Post in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% 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 LIU Post with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	36
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LIU Post. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	82
General Psychology	31

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Library Science
• 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 NY, the home state for LIU Post.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.