General Psychology at Nebraska Wesleyan University

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

NWU is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and approximately 1,924 students attend the school each year.

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.

NWU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

NWU General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at NWU 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at NWU

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

NWU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at NWU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at NWU 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Psychology

General Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Nebraska Wesleyan University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	26

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 NE, the home state for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Managers	1,700	$101,380
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	590	$66,510
Psychology Professors	210	$81,300

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.