Psychology at Boise State University

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

Boise State is located in Boise, Idaho and has a total student population of 24,069. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 162 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Boise State.

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

Boise State Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Boise State Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Boise 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Boise State

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

Boise State Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Boise State awarded 162 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Boise State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	126
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Boise State also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Boise State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	162

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 ID, the home state for Boise State University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Managers	1,350	$85,070
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	390	$64,270
Psychology Professors	110	$88,970
Psychologists	50	$87,410

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 Karthikc123 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.