General Psychology at Indiana State University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Indiana State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Indiana State is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and approximately 10,829 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,901 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University in 2021, 99 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

Indiana State General Psychology Degrees Available

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

Indiana State General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Indiana State 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 Master’s Degree Schools	62
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	313

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Indiana State. This makes it the #210 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Indiana State Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Indiana State is $29,999. 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 Indiana State

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

Indiana State General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Indiana State awarded 99 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Indiana State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Indiana State 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 Indiana State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	68
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Indiana State General Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a master's degree in psychology from Indiana State. About 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Indiana State, 86% 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 Indiana State University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Indiana State 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 IN, the home state for Indiana State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,320	$73,350
Psychology Professors	590	$85,580
Psychologists	220	$88,470

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 Tcampbell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.