General Psychology at University of Houston - Clear Lake

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

UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 9,053. In 2021, 144 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UH Clear Lake.

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 Clear Lake General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UH Clear Lake General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at UH Clear Lake 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
	153
	154
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	164

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in psychology from UH Clear Lake. This makes it the #74 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UH Clear Lake Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Clear Lake is $33,602. This is 17% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at UH Clear Lake

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

UH Clear Lake General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at UH Clear Lake awarded 144 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Clear Lake since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Houston - Clear Lake with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	50
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UH Clear Lake General Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UH Clear Lake 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston - Clear Lake.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.