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General Psychology at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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General Psychology at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

If you plan to study general psychology, take a look at what University of Wisconsin - Whitewater has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UW - Whitewater is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin and approximately 11,989 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,281 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater in 2021, 103 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 - Whitewater General Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

UW - Whitewater General Psychology Rankings

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

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 UW - Whitewater 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 Schools 83
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 160
Most Popular General Psychology Schools 367
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 853

Earnings of UW - Whitewater Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Whitewater is $31,051. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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Psychology Student Demographics at UW - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The psychology program at UW - Whitewater awarded 103 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Whitewater since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UW - Whitewater 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 - Whitewater with a bachelor's in psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 78
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

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 - Whitewater.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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