Psychology at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 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.

Sacred Heart Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Sacred Heart

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Sacred Heart does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Sacred Heart Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a master's degree in psychology from Sacred Heart. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

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 Sacred Heart University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 Sacred Heart University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	13
Other Psychology	13

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• 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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,720	$90,870
Psychology Professors	770	$88,070
Psychologists	190	$96,180

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 Unknownwikidata:Q4233718 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.