Psychology at William Peace University

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

WPU is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 830. In 2021, 14 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from WPU.

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

WPU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

WPU Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at WPU 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	395
	851
	892
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	997
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	998
Best Psychology Schools	1,039
Best Value Psychology Schools	1,067
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,158
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,425

Psychology Student Demographics at WPU

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

WPU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from WPU. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at WPU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

WPU 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from William Peace University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	12
Child Development & Psychology	2

Related Majors

• History
• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences

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 NC, the home state for William Peace University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 Abbylabar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.