General Psychology at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from NKU.

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.

NKU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

NKU General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how NKU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at NKU 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
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	544

Earnings of NKU Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at NKU is $28,982. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from NKU. About 74% of these graduates were women and the other 26% were men. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	83
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,080	$64,330
Psychology Professors	630	$67,960
Psychologists	150	$91,020

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.