General Psychology at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a total student population of 37,812. In 2021, 530 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Texas 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.

Texas State General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Texas State General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Texas State performed in these rankings.

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 Texas 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
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	35
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	254

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Texas State Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas State is $28,484. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 530 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Texas State. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Texas State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	224
White	219
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• 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 TX, the home state for Texas State 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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.