General Psychology at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and has a total student population of 3,808. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Pacific.

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.

Pacific General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Pacific General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Pacific 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 Pacific 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 Schools	966

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Pacific Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Pacific is $25,601. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Pacific awarded 45 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 16% of these degrees went to men with the other 84% going to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Pacific are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Pacific 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,040	$103,870
Psychology Professors	540	$76,580

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.