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.

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

• Basic Certificate in Psychology (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

EWU Psychology 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 55% 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	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	56
White	118
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

EWU Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from EWU, 60% 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	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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

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.