General Psychology at Florida Gulf Coast University

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

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,358 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 196 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from FGCU.

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.

FGCU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

FGCU General Psychology Rankings

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

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 FGCU 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
Best Value General Psychology Schools	364
	421
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	479

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from FGCU Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at FGCU is $29,030. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at FGCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Florida Gulf Coast University.

FGCU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 196 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from FGCU. Of these graduates, 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at FGCU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	120
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

FGCU 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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,950	$76,190
Psychologists	1,330	$96,640
Psychology Professors	1,060	$77,810

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.