Psychology at Emporia State University

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

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and approximately 5,828 students attend the school each year. Of the 735 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University in 2021, 32 of them were psychology majors.

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

ESU Psychology Degrees Available

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

ESU Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how ESU 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 ESU 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 Focused Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	36
Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	189
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	193
Most Popular Psychology Schools	520
	600
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	787

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in psychology from ESU. This makes it the #147 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at ESU

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

ESU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from ESU in 2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at ESU 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 Emporia State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

ESU Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at ESU awarded 48 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 10% of these degrees went to men with the other 90% going to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from ESU, 81% 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 Emporia State University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Emporia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	63
General Psychology	38

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Library Science
• Education

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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,030	$65,320
Psychology Professors	270	$81,530
Psychologists	120	$102,910

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 Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.