Psychology at Southwestern University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Southwestern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Southwestern is located in Georgetown, Texas and has a total student population of 1,506. Of the 364 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University in 2021, 40 of them were psychology majors.

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

Southwestern Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Southwestern Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Southwestern 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 Southwestern 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	108
Best Psychology Schools	400
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	407
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	688
	765
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	883
Best Value Psychology Schools	981

Psychology Student Demographics at Southwestern

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

Southwestern Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Southwestern awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Southwestern since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Southwestern 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 University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Southwestern 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 Southwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	40

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• History
• 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 TX, the home state for Southwestern 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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.