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General Psychology at Iowa State University

General Psychology at Iowa State University

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 Iowa State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year.

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.

Iowa State General Psychology Degrees Available

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

Iowa State General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Iowa 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.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Iowa 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 20
White 188
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

Iowa State General Psychology Master’s Program

89% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within General Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology 213

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Managers 2,880 $101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 740 $85,260
Psychology Professors 430 $92,430

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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