General Psychology at Southern Connecticut State University

Every general 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 Southern Connecticut State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,331. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

SCSU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

SCSU General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at SCSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Southern Connecticut State University.

SCSU General Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 psychology majors earned their master's degree from SCSU. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in psychology each year. SCSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State 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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.