General Psychology at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and approximately 4,898 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from SWOSU.

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.

SWOSU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SWOSU General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at SWOSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	191
Best General Psychology Schools	742
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	953
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	1,157
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,211

Earnings of SWOSU Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SWOSU is $29,076. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at SWOSU

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

SWOSU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at SWOSU 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SWOSU 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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Managers	1,780	$102,710
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,050	$60,760
Psychology Professors	380	$60,140
Psychologists	100	$89,300

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.