General Psychology at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and approximately 4,020 students attend the school each year. 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.

Virginia State General Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Virginia State General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State General Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a master's degree in psychology from Virginia State. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in psychology each year. Virginia State 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 75% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.