General Psychology at Kentucky Wesleyan College

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

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and has a total student population of 887. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wesleyan.

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.

Wesleyan General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Wesleyan

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Wesleyan does offer online education options in psychology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Wesleyan General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Wesleyan performed in these rankings.

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 Wesleyan 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 Popular Online General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	117
Most Popular Online General Psychology Schools	130
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	934
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	1,133

Psychology Student Demographics at Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Wesleyan General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wesleyan, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wesleyan 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 KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,080	$64,330
Psychology Professors	630	$67,960
Psychologists	150	$91,020

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 Matthewru under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.