General Psychology at University of Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,130 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Puget Sound.

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.

Puget Sound General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Puget Sound General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Puget Sound 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 Puget Sound 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	244
Best General Psychology Schools	256
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	306
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	510

Earnings of Puget Sound Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Puget Sound is $28,705. This is 0% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Puget Sound 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 Puget Sound with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Puget Sound 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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,330	$73,840
Psychology Professors	860	$68,420
Psychologists	370	$102,760

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.