Psychology at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and approximately 7,547 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UW - Platteville.

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 - Platteville Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UW - Platteville Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UW - Platteville 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 UW - Platteville 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	242
	411
	413
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	676
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,529

Psychology Student Demographics at UW - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 41 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from UW - Platteville in 2020-2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UW - Platteville 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 - Platteville with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	41

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• History
• Social Sciences
• 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

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 James Steakley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.