General Psychology at Minnesota State University - Mankato

If you plan to study general psychology, take a look at what Minnesota State University - Mankato has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and has a total student population of 14,761. Of the 2,524 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Minnesota State University - Mankato in 2021, 126 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.

Minnesota State Mankato General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Minnesota State Mankato

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Minnesota State Mankato offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

Minnesota State Mankato General Psychology Rankings

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

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 Minnesota State Mankato 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
Best General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	304

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Minnesota State Mankato Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Minnesota State Mankato is $33,451. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Minnesota State Mankato

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

Minnesota State Mankato General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Minnesota State Mankato. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Minnesota State Mankato 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 Minnesota State University - Mankato with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	97
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Minnesota State Mankato 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 MN, the home state for Minnesota State University - Mankato.

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 SaiketTewary under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.