General Psychology at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 136 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UCA.

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.

UCA General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UCA General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at UCA 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	289
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	629
	791

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UCA Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCA is $24,926. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at UCA awarded 136 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

About 72% 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	18
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	98
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• 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 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.