Psychology at Missouri Western State University

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

Missouri Western is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri and has a total student population of 4,911. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Missouri Western.

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

Missouri Western Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Missouri Western Psychology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Missouri Western 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	923
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,175

Psychology Student Demographics at Missouri Western

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

Missouri Western Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Missouri Western, about 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 Missouri Western since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Missouri Western 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 Missouri Western State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Missouri Western State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	25

Related Majors

• 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 MO, the home state for Missouri Western State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,330	$76,480
Psychology Professors	650	$83,520
Psychologists	190	$86,730

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 Americasroof under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.