General Psychology at University of Nebraska at Kearney

If you plan to study general 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 2021, 5 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UNK.

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.

UNK General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UNK General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UNK 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 UNK 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	816

Earnings of UNK Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNK is $22,034. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from UNK in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 80% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNK 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

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.