General Psychology at Rice University

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Rice University stacks up to those at other schools.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 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.

Rice General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Rice General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Rice 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	17
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Rice General Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Rice, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General 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 Rice University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	78

Related Majors

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.