Psychology at University of North Texas

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

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and has a total student population of 40,953. In 2021, 533 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UNT.

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

UNT Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at UNT

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNT offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

UNT Psychology Rankings

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

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 UNT 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 Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Focused Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	104
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In 2021, 74 students received their master’s degree in psychology from UNT. This makes it the #86 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #58 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 533 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNT, about 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UNT since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Texas with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	70
Hispanic or Latino	189
White	199
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UNT Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at UNT awarded 74 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UNT, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Texas with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	39
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UNT also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 28 students 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of North Texas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	517
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	145
Child Development & Psychology	3

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Library Science
• 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 TX, the home state for University of North Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.