General Psychology at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and approximately 58,526 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 576 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UMGC.

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.

UMGC General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UMGC does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UMGC 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 UMGC 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 Popular General Psychology Schools	27
	46
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	910

Earnings of UMGC Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $36,180. This is 26% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 576 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from UMGC. About 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 UMGC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	146
Hispanic or Latino	98
White	207
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	104

UMGC 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,090	$79,820
Psychologists	630	$112,330
Psychology Professors	430	$87,850

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.