Psychology at Peru State College

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

Peru State is located in Peru, Nebraska and approximately 1,902 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Peru State.

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

Peru State Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Peru State Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Peru State 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 Peru State 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
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Psychology Schools	24
	182
	186
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	401
Best Psychology Schools	474
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	475
Most Focused Psychology Schools	629
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	942
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,199

Psychology Student Demographics at Peru State

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

Peru State Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Peru State in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Peru State 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 Peru State College with a bachelor's in psychology.

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

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Peru State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	24

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• History
• 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 NE, the home state for Peru State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Managers	1,700	$101,380
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	590	$66,510
Psychology Professors	210	$81,300

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.