General Psychology at Virginia Wesleyan 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 Virginia Wesleyan University stacks up to those at other schools.

VWU is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,347.

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.

VWU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

VWU General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at VWU 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at VWU

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

VWU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at VWU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Virginia Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Virginia Wesleyan University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	26

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Psychology Professors	1,200	$75,770
Psychologists	400	$97,200
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	200	$126,220

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 Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.