Psychology at Tennessee Technological University

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

Tennessee Tech University is located in Cookeville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 10,177. Of the 1,905 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Technological University in 2021, 30 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.

Tennessee Tech University Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Tennessee Tech University Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Tennessee Tech University 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Tennessee Tech University

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

Tennessee Tech University Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Tennessee Tech University awarded 30 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Tennessee Tech University since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Tennessee Tech University 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 Tennessee Technological University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Tennessee Technological University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	30

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• 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 TN, the home state for Tennessee Technological University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,800	$69,510
Psychology Professors	660	$74,260
Psychologists	230	$87,260

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 Brian Stansberry under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.