Psychology at University of Iowa

Every 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 Iowa stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 270 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Iowa.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Iowa Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Iowa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Iowa. This is the #707 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 270 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Iowa in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	183
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Iowa also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at University of Iowa. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Iowa. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	270
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	13

Related Majors

• Library Science
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	740	$85,260
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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 KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.