Psychology at New Jersey City University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if New Jersey City University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 7,550 students attend the school each year.

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

NJCU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at NJCU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NJCU offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

NJCU Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at NJCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at New Jersey City University.

NJCU Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. NJCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 73% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at New Jersey City University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Jersey City University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	27

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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	30	$119,700

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 Stepanstas under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.