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General Psychology at Pacific Lutheran University

General Psychology at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year.

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.

PLU General Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

PLU General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at PLU 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within General Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Pacific Lutheran University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pacific Lutheran University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology 22

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Managers 11,280 $125,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 2,330 $73,840
Psychology Professors 860 $68,420
Psychologists 370 $102,760

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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