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Psychology at Adams State University

Psychology at Adams State University

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Adams State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Adams State is located in Alamosa, Colorado and approximately 3,164 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Adams State Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
  • Master’s Degree in Psychology

Adams State Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Adams State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #249 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Adams State

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

Adams State Psychology Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Adams State since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Adams State Psychology Master’s Program

83% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Adams State, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 41
White 228
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 38

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Adams State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 238
General Psychology 22
Other Psychology 6

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 CO, the home state for Adams State University.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
Managers 8,940 $138,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 2,670 $85,470
Psychology Professors 800 $68,010
Psychologists 270 $83,630

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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