General Psychology at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. Of the 3,855 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Rhode Island in 2021, 259 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

URI General Psychology Degrees Available

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

URI General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at URI 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 URI 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
	110
	379
Best General Psychology Schools	671

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in psychology from URI. This makes it the #223 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $29,448. This is 3% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at URI

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

URI General 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.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	178
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

URI General Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in psychology from URI. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from URI, 67% 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 Rhode Island with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	880	$83,030
Managers	830	$114,660
Psychology Professors	140	$93,080
Psychologists	90	$73,080

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.