General Psychology at Northwest Missouri State University

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

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and has a total student population of 7,267. Of the 1,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwest Missouri State University in 2021, 47 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.

Northwest General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Northwest

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Northwest does offer online education options in psychology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Northwest General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Northwest 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 Northwest 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 Popular Online General Psychology Schools	76
	513

Earnings of Northwest Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northwest is $28,852. This is 1% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Northwest

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

Northwest General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 47 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from Northwest in 2020-2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Child Development & 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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,330	$76,480
Psychology Professors	650	$83,520
Psychologists	190	$86,730

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 poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.