Psychology at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year. Of the 763 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2021, 93 of them were psychology majors.

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

UNCA Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UNCA Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how UNCA performed in these rankings.

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 UNCA 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
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Most Popular Psychology Schools	558
Best Value Psychology Schools	704
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	780
Best Psychology Schools	808
	1,037

Psychology Student Demographics at UNCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at University of North Carolina at Asheville.

UNCA Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at UNCA awarded 93 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UNCA 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	71
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Asheville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	93

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.