Psychology at University of Nebraska at Kearney

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what University of Nebraska at Kearney has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and approximately 6,225 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UNK.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

UNK Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UNK Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at UNK is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	784
Best Psychology Schools	811
Most Popular Psychology Schools	860
	994
	1,040
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,302

Psychology Student Demographics at UNK

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

UNK Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from UNK in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UNK since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UNK 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 Nebraska at Kearney with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Nebraska at Kearney. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	43
General Psychology	5

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Education

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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Managers	1,700	$101,380
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	590	$66,510
Psychology Professors	210	$81,300

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.