Psychology at Friends University

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

Friends University is located in Wichita, Kansas and has a total student population of 1,671. Of the 313 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Friends University in 2021, 21 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.

Friends University Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Friends University Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Friends University performed in these rankings.

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 Friends University 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 Schools	1,157
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,267

Psychology Student Demographics at Friends University

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

Friends University Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Friends University awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Friends University since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Friends University 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 Friends University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Friends University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	21

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• 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 Friends 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 Judy Handley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.