General Psychology at University of Missouri - Columbia

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

Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 31,089 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 229 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Mizzou.

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.

Mizzou General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Mizzou General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Mizzou compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Mizzou 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 Value General Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	10

Earnings of Mizzou Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mizzou is $29,782. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Mizzou

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

Mizzou General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 229 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mizzou, about 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Mizzou since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Mizzou 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 Missouri - Columbia with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	166
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Mizzou 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
• Child Development & 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,330	$76,480
Psychology Professors	650	$83,520
Psychologists	190	$86,730

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 Adam Procter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.