Psychology at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742. In 2021, 580 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UTSA.

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

UTSA Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

UTSA Psychology Rankings

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

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 UTSA 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	186
Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	215
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	309

In 2021, 32 students received their master’s degree in psychology from UTSA. This makes it the #229 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #278 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UTSA

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

UTSA Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 580 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from UTSA in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	56
Hispanic or Latino	367
White	105
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

UTSA Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UTSA also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 5 students 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	585
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	34
Child Development & Psychology	5

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.