General Psychology at South Dakota State University

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

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 11,405. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 81 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from South Dakota State.

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.

South Dakota State General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

South Dakota State General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota State 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
Best Value General Psychology Schools	50
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	248
Best General Psychology Schools	261
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	891
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	1,057

Earnings of South Dakota State Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at South Dakota State is $28,661. This is 0% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at South Dakota State

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

South Dakota State General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 81 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from South Dakota State, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at South Dakota 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	77
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

South Dakota State 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 SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Managers	370	$99,030
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	270	$73,900
Psychology Professors	80	$75,910
Psychologists	30	$84,200

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.