Psychology at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Wake Forest University Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Wake Forest University Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Wake Forest University 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	86
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Wake Forest University Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Wake Forest University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	125

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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.