General Psychology at Utah Valley University

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Utah Valley University stacks up to those at other schools.

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,996 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Utah Valley University in 2021, 379 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.

UVU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at UVU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UVU offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UVU General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UVU 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 UVU 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
	17
Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools	27
Best Value General Psychology Schools	109

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UVU Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UVU is $29,263. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at UVU

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

UVU General Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in psychology at UVU are white. Around 81% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Utah Valley University with a associate's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UVU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 379 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from UVU. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UVU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	290
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

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

Related Majors

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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Managers	3,310	$102,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,330	$80,920
Psychology Professors	240	$76,470
Psychologists	70	$86,340

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.