Psychology at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and approximately 10,335 students attend the school each year.

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

UCA Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UCA Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at UCA 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 UCA

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

UCA Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	95
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Central Arkansas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	136
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	13

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 AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	580	$69,000
Psychology Professors	220	$64,360
Psychologists	80	$83,030

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.