General Psychology at University of Mary Washington

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

UMW is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,293. Of the 1,083 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Mary Washington in 2021, 116 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

UMW General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UMW General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UMW 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 UMW 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
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	150
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	173
Best General Psychology Schools	259
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	394
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	406
Best Value General Psychology Schools	437

Earnings of UMW Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMW is $29,238. This is 2% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at UMW

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

UMW General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at UMW awarded 116 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 10% of these degrees went to men with the other 90% going to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UMW 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 Mary Washington with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	73
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for University of Mary Washington.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 Morgan Riley under License

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