General Psychology at University of Iowa

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 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 General Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Iowa General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Iowa 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.

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Iowa. This is the #317 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Iowa Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa is $30,834. This is 8% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 270 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Iowa. Of these graduates, 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, 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 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.