General Psychology at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

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

UW - La Crosse is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 10,531. Of the 2,199 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - La Crosse in 2021, 204 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.

UW - La Crosse General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UW - La Crosse General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UW - La Crosse 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 - La Crosse 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 Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	289
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How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UW - La Crosse Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - La Crosse is $28,771. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at UW - La Crosse

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.

UW - La Crosse General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at UW - La Crosse awarded 204 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 87% going to women.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UW - La Crosse 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 Wisconsin - La Crosse with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	188
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UW - La Crosse 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,060	$83,420
Psychology Professors	480	$77,150
Psychologists	200	$80,620

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 Lacrossewi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.