Psychology at Nevada State College

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

NSC is located in Henderson, Nevada and approximately 7,289 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 105 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from NSC.

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

NSC Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

NSC Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how NSC 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 NSC 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 Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Most Focused Psychology Schools	132
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	266
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	318
Best Value Psychology Schools	335
	488
	495
Most Popular Psychology Schools	498
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	620
Best Psychology Schools	624

Psychology Student Demographics at NSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Nevada State College.

NSC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 105 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NSC, about 15% were men and 85% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Nevada State College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

NSC 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 Nevada State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	105

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• History
• 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 NV, the home state for Nevada State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Managers	7,120	$102,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	440	$83,760
Psychology Professors	280	$60,880
Psychologists	120	$74,060

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.