Psychology at Metropolitan State University of Denver

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

MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 19,086 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 216 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from MSU Denver.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

MSU Denver Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

MSU Denver Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how MSU Denver 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 MSU Denver is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Psychology Schools	240
	459
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	485

Psychology Student Demographics at MSU Denver

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

MSU Denver Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 216 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from MSU Denver in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Denver since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at MSU Denver 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	117
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

MSU Denver also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Metropolitan State University of Denver. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	216

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• History
• Social Sciences
• Education

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 CO, the home state for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,670	$85,470
Psychology Professors	800	$68,010
Psychologists	270	$83,630

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.