General Psychology at University of Florida

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at University of Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year.

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.

UF General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UF General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at UF 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.

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UF

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

UF General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 University of Florida with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	74
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	171
White	306
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

UF General Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. UF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	11
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within General Psychology

General 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 University of Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	656

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,950	$76,190
Psychologists	1,330	$96,640
Psychology Professors	1,060	$77,810

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.