Psychology at Northwestern College

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

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and approximately 1,496 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from NWC.

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

NWC Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

NWC Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at NWC 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 NWC 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	1,029
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,350
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,490

Psychology Student Demographics at NWC

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

NWC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from NWC. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at NWC since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at NWC 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 Northwestern College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	12

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 IA, the home state for Northwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	740	$85,260
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.