General Psychology at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

If you plan to study general psychology, take a look at what University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and has a total student population of 24,723. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 172 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from CU Anschutz.

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.

CU Anschutz General Psychology Degrees Available

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

CU Anschutz General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how CU Anschutz 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 CU Anschutz 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
	136
Best General Psychology Schools	215
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	281

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in psychology from CU Anschutz. This makes it the #241 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from CU Anschutz Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CU Anschutz is $33,604. This is 17% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at CU Anschutz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

CU Anschutz General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 172 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from CU Anschutz in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at CU Anschutz since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at CU Anschutz 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 Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	99
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

CU Anschutz General Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at CU Anschutz awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from CU Anschutz, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a master's in psychology.

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

CU Anschutz 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
• Child Development & 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,670	$85,470
Psychology Professors	800	$68,010
Psychologists	270	$83,630

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.