Psychology at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

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

UW Tacoma is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 5,364 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 152 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UW Tacoma.

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

UW Tacoma Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UW Tacoma Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UW Tacoma compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at UW Tacoma 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 Psychology Schools	102
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	304

Psychology Student Demographics at UW Tacoma

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.

UW Tacoma Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 152 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UW Tacoma, about 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Washington - Tacoma Campus with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	65
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

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

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	152

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences

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 Washington - Tacoma Campus.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.