General Psychology at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 50 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UH Hilo.

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.

UH Hilo General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UH Hilo General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UH Hilo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UH Hilo 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
	232
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	320
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	397
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	588

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UH Hilo Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Hilo is $31,192. This is 9% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 50 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH Hilo, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

UH Hilo 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Managers	2,000	$93,760
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	450	$94,550
Psychology Professors	140	$65,850
Psychologists	120	$94,260

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.