Psychology at SUNY New Paltz

Every 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 SUNY New Paltz stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY New Paltz is located in New Paltz, New York and has a total student population of 7,489. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 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.

SUNY New Paltz Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

SUNY New Paltz Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at SUNY New Paltz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at SUNY New Paltz.

SUNY New Paltz Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in psychology from SUNY New Paltz. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. SUNY New Paltz does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from SUNY New Paltz. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	7

Related Majors

• 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 SUNY New Paltz.

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
• Image Credit: By crz4mets2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.