General Psychology at Buena Vista University

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Buena Vista University stacks up to those at other schools.

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,863. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from BVU.

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.

BVU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

BVU General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how BVU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at BVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	525
Best Value General Psychology Schools	677
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	849

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from BVU Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at BVU is $29,420. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at BVU

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

BVU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from BVU in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at BVU 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 Buena Vista University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

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 IA, the home state for Buena Vista University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	740	$85,260
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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 Ryan Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.