The main focus area for this major is General Psychology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Psychology is a major offered under the psychology program of study at College of the Holy Cross. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in psychology, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Ranked at #12 in College Factual's most recent rankings, Holy Cross is in the top 1% of the country for psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #3 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Holy Cross.
Part-time undergraduates at Holy Cross paid an average of $1,689 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,050 | $54,050 |
Fees | $720 | $720 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,560 | $15,560 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $900 | $900 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Psychology students who received their bachelor’s degree at Holy Cross took out an average of $26,798 in student loans. That is 10% higher than the national average of $24,315.
The median early career salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross is $38,289 per year. That is 37% higher than the national average of $27,969.
Holy Cross does not offer an online option for its psychology bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Holy Cross Online Learning page.
About 75.5% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in psychology in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 79.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 34.5% of the psychology bachelor’s degrees at Holy Cross in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 17 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 67 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
General Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Psychology | 110 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.