Psychology at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 219 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from EWU.

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

EWU Psychology Degrees Available

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

EWU Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at EWU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Psychology Schools	195
Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	222
Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	357
	437
Best Value Psychology Schools	503

In 2021, 41 students received their master’s degree in psychology from EWU. This makes it the #173 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 219 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EWU, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at EWU 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 Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	125
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

EWU Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 41 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from EWU, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from EWU, 73% 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 Eastern Washington University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Eastern Washington University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	148
Child Development & Psychology	60
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	52

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences

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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,330	$73,840
Psychology Professors	860	$68,420
Psychologists	370	$102,760

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.