General Psychology at Central Michigan University

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

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and has a total student population of 17,311. In 2021, 280 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Central Michigan.

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.

Central Michigan General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Central Michigan

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Central Michigan offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Central Michigan General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Central Michigan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Central Michigan 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 Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
	767

Earnings of Central Michigan Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Central Michigan is $24,851. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at Central Michigan

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

Central Michigan General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Central Michigan 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	198
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

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

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• 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 MI, the home state for Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,430	$83,210
Psychology Professors	930	$92,000
Psychologists	190	$88,120

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 cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.