General Psychology at University of South Dakota

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at University of South Dakota. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459.

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.

USD General Psychology Degrees Available

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

USD General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at USD 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #79 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at USD

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

USD General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	67
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

USD General Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within General Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at University of South Dakota. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Dakota. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	65

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Managers	370	$99,030
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	270	$73,900
Psychology Professors	80	$75,910
Psychologists	30	$84,200

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.