General Psychology at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 93 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UNCA.

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.

UNCA General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UNCA General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UNCA 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 UNCA 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	324
Best General Psychology Schools	725

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UNCA Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNCA is $22,208. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 93 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNCA. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were 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.

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 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.