Psychology at Metropolitan State University

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

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 7,552. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 162 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Metro State.

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

Metro State Psychology Degrees Available

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

Metro State Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Metro State 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 Metro State 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
Best Value Psychology Schools	19
	49
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	313
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	701

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Metro State. This is the #694 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 162 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Metro State in 2021, 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	74
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Metro State Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a master's degree in psychology from Metro State.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Metropolitan State University with a master's in psychology.

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

Metro State 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Metropolitan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	148
Child Development & Psychology	15

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,220	$85,860
Psychology Professors	710	$86,380
Psychologists	440	$93,310

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 Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.