General Psychology at Governors State University

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

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 97 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from GSU.

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.

GSU General Psychology Degrees Available

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

GSU General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at GSU 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 GSU 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
	101
Most Focused General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	111
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	173
Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	187
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	219
Most Popular General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	305
	312
	324
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	367
Best General Psychology Schools	538

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in psychology from GSU. This makes it the #223 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from GSU Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at GSU is $30,090. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 97 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GSU, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Governors State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

GSU General Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 psychology majors earned their master's degree from GSU. Of these graduates, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from GSU, 67% 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 Governors State University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychology Professors	1,510	$87,880
Psychologists	260	$87,410

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 User:Astuishin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.