General Psychology at Indiana University - Northwest

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Indiana University - Northwest stacks up to those at other schools.

IU Northwest is located in Gary, Indiana and approximately 3,801 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 49 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from IU Northwest.

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.

IU Northwest General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

IU Northwest General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how IU Northwest 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 IU Northwest 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
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	320
	444
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	528
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	650
Best General Psychology Schools	669

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from IU Northwest Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at IU Northwest is $28,691. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at IU Northwest

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

IU Northwest General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at IU Northwest awarded 49 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 IU Northwest since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at IU Northwest 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 University - Northwest with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	26
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

IU Northwest 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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Northwest.

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 Lord dumbello under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.