Psychology at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 6,038. Of the 1,139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Upstate in 2021, 90 of them were psychology majors.

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

USC Upstate Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

USC Upstate Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how USC Upstate 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 USC Upstate 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	354
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	378
	499
	506
Most Popular Psychology Schools	575

Psychology Student Demographics at USC Upstate

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at University of South Carolina - Upstate.

USC Upstate Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from USC Upstate. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	38
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of South Carolina - Upstate. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	90

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,230	$63,050
Psychology Professors	330	$82,630
Psychologists	130	$92,560

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.