Psychology Major: Georgia, Tulane, VaTech or Ohio State?

[Anonymous]

My son is a senior, will major in Psychology, and is down to these schools (listed in no particular order):

Georgia
Tulane
Virginia Tech
Ohio State

Can anyone help us: We are having trouble differentiating psychology departments / rankings / offerings / summer intern & post grad opportunities among these schools. Can anyone share insight on respective psychology offerings for some or all of these schools or suggest how we can go about finding this information?

Note: While we know about the schools, campus/location, weather, costs, etc… our real interest here is narrowed to learning more about the psychology department. And so far, we have been to some of the admitted student events and have learned from the schools that their respective departments are basically “amazing”. So any insight would be appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Typically, The graduate programs matter more than undergraduate when it comes to psychology. However, that does depend on what focus is he looking into research psychology to be a practitioner, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a senior, will major in Psychology, and is down to these schools (listed in no particular order):

Georgia
Tulane
Virginia Tech
Ohio State

Can anyone help us: We are having trouble differentiating psychology departments / rankings / offerings / summer intern & post grad opportunities among these schools. Can anyone share insight on respective psychology offerings for some or all of these schools or suggest how we can go about finding this information?

Note: While we know about the schools, campus/location, weather, costs, etc… our real interest here is narrowed to learning more about the psychology department. And so far, we have been to some of the admitted student events and have learned from the schools that their respective departments are basically “amazing”. So any insight would be appreciated.

Which Admitted Student days have you been to? My DD is also a psych major and deciding between UGA and Tech.

[Anonymous]

One way to compare would be to look at "first destination" reports, for those that share it. VT shares very detailed information:

https://fds.career.vt.edu/ResultsV2/Details?id=1901

https://fds.career.vt.edu/GradSchoolList?cohort=2023-2024&college=College%20of%20Science&major=Psychology

https://fds.career.vt.edu/EmployerList?cohort=2023-2024&college=College%20of%20Science&major=Psychology

[Anonymous]

Psychology professor here. Those are all good programs. In particular, the research going on at Ohio State, Georgia, and Virginia Tech I know to some degree and think they're great. Honestly, I'd say can't go wrong and therefore I would honestly decide on other factors. I'd decide on which school atmosphere he/she likes better.

[Anonymous]

Are any of these in state for you?

[Anonymous]

Checkout each school for their tracks offered within the psychology dept. for undergraduate students. Some (Big Ten schools for example) will offer a track for those intending to pursue a PhD. and at least one or two other tracks for those who want to go into a certain type of practice or practice area.

[Anonymous]

Tulane, of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Checkout each school for their tracks offered within the psychology dept. for undergraduate students. Some (Big Ten schools for example) will offer a track for those intending to pursue a PhD. and at least one or two other tracks for those who want to go into a certain type of practice or practice area.

practice or research area.

[Anonymous]

UGA has several 5 year Bachelor/Masters programs.

https://psychology.uga.edu/double-dawgs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Checkout each school for their tracks offered within the psychology dept. for undergraduate students. Some (Big Ten schools for example) will offer a track for those intending to pursue a PhD. and at least one or two other tracks for those who want to go into a certain type of practice or practice area.

Continuing:

Just checked out U Georgia's website. U Georgia suggests that, due to the few required courses for psychology majors, that psychology is an excellent second major. The website then lists several majors that mesh well with psychology (such as statistics or criminal justice or a few others depending upon one's career goals).

[Anonymous]

cheapest possible, unless he plans to open his own business its not a good ROI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Psychology professor here. Those are all good programs. In particular, the research going on at Ohio State, Georgia, and Virginia Tech I know to some degree and think they're great. Honestly, I'd say can't go wrong and therefore I would honestly decide on other factors. I'd decide on which school atmosphere he/she likes better.

+1 to Ohio State if interested in psych research opportunities. They have a strong department.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is a psychology major at UGA with an emphasis in Neuroscience. It is a very demanding program on the science side - and she has enjoyed her psych classes too. The professors are very approachable.
It is in the college of arts and sciences, so there is a foreign language requirement, which may be the case most of these places.
I would not hestitate to choose UGA if otherwise inclined.

[Anonymous]

As far as summer opportunities, my kid has used her medical background to get jobs with doctors. She has not tried to do psych-related things. We have a friend who was a psych major at Tulane - and same - she did not do psych related work in internships.