General Psychology at Vanderbilt University

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at Vanderbilt University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 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.

Vanderbilt General Psychology Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt General Psychology Rankings

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt General Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at Vanderbilt awarded 11 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 36% of these degrees went to men with the other 64% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in psychology each year. Vanderbilt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• Child Development & 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,800	$69,510
Psychology Professors	660	$74,260
Psychologists	230	$87,260

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.