General Psychology at Nevada State College

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Nevada State College stacks up to those at other schools.

NSC is located in Henderson, Nevada and approximately 7,289 students attend the school each year. Of the 778 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nevada State College in 2021, 105 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.

NSC General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

NSC General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at NSC 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 NSC 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
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	39
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Best Value General Psychology Schools	273
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	274
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	358
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Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	556

Earnings of NSC Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSC is $28,747. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 105 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from NSC in 2020-2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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.

Related Majors

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.