General Psychology at Northern State University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Northern State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and approximately 3,431 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from NSU.

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.

NSU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

NSU General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at NSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 NSU 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	684

Psychology Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at NSU awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at NSU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at NSU 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 State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NSU 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 SD, the home state for Northern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Managers	370	$99,030
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	270	$73,900
Psychology Professors	80	$75,910
Psychologists	30	$84,200

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.