Psychology at University of Mount Olive

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what University of Mount Olive has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMO is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and approximately 2,536 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UMO.

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

UMO Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at UMO

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UMO does offer online education options in psychology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMO Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how UMO 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 UMO 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 Online Psychology Schools	223
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,267
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,387

Psychology Student Demographics at UMO

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

UMO Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from UMO. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 University of Mount Olive with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at University of Mount Olive. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Mount Olive. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	12
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	4

Related Majors

• History
• 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 NC, the home state for University of Mount Olive.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 Mount Olive College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.