Psychology at Georgia Southern University

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Georgia Southern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 274 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from GaSou.

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

GaSou Psychology Degrees Available

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

GaSou Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how GaSou 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 GaSou 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
	170
	738

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in psychology from GaSou. This makes it the #189 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #264 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 274 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from GaSou in 2020-2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at GaSou 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	86
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	146
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

GaSou Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at GaSou awarded 38 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from GaSou, 68% 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 Georgia Southern University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GaSou also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	290
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	45

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,100	$89,190
Psychology Professors	420	$75,850
Psychologists	300	$95,940

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.