General Psychology at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

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

MSU Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and has a total student population of 5,547. Of the 1,064 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Minnesota State University - Moorhead in 2021, 46 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.

MSU Moorhead General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

MSU Moorhead General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at MSU Moorhead 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 MSU Moorhead 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143

Earnings of MSU Moorhead Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSU Moorhead is $32,505. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at MSU Moorhead

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

MSU Moorhead General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Moorhead since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at MSU Moorhead 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 - Moorhead with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	41
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

MSU Moorhead 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 - Moorhead.

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.