General Psychology at Marquette University

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at Marquette University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 11,550 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,386 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in 2021, 109 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.

Marquette General Psychology Degrees Available

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

Marquette General Psychology Rankings

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

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 Marquette 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
	38

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Marquette. This makes it the #156 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #119 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Marquette Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Marquette is $32,141. This is 12% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Marquette

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

Marquette General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 109 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Marquette, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Marquette 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 Marquette University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	68
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Marquette General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from Marquette in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Marquette, 60% 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 Marquette University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Marquette 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 WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,060	$83,420
Psychology Professors	480	$77,150
Psychologists	200	$80,620

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 scottfeldstein under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.