Psychology at University of Northern Iowa

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

UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and has a total student population of 9,507.

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

UNI Psychology Degrees Available

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

UNI Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at UNI 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at UNI

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

UNI Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UNI since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UNI 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 Northern Iowa with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	93
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UNI Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UNI, 86% 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 Northern Iowa with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Northern Iowa. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	118
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	26

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 IA, the home state for University of Northern Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	740	$85,260
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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 Feddacheenee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.