General Psychology at Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CMU CLAS is located in Fayette, Missouri and approximately 1,141 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from CMU CLAS.

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.

CMU CLAS General Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

CMU CLAS General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how CMU CLAS 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 CMU CLAS 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
	15
Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools	15
Most Popular General Psychology Associate Degree Schools	278
	332
	341
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	859
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,157

Earnings of CMU CLAS Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CMU CLAS is $29,793. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at CMU CLAS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

CMU CLAS General Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences with a associate's in psychology.

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

CMU CLAS General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from CMU CLAS in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 63% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at CMU CLAS since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at CMU CLAS 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 Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 MO, the home state for Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,330	$76,480
Psychology Professors	650	$83,520
Psychologists	190	$86,730

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.