General Psychology at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 256 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UK.

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.

UK General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UK General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how UK performed in these rankings.

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 UK 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
Best General Psychology Schools	528
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	1,062

Earnings of UK Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UK is $24,569. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UK

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

UK General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 256 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from UK in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	168
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

UK also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,080	$64,330
Psychology Professors	630	$67,960
Psychologists	150	$91,020

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.