Psychology at Wayne State College

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Wayne State College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and approximately 4,202 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from WSC.

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

WSC Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

WSC Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how WSC performed in these rankings.

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 WSC 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 Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Psychology Schools	17
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	373
	374
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	767
Most Popular Psychology Schools	955
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,051

Psychology Student Demographics at WSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Wayne State College.

WSC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from WSC. About 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at WSC 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 Wayne State College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WSC 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 Wayne State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	26
General Psychology	14

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 NE, the home state for Wayne State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Managers	1,700	$101,380
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	590	$66,510
Psychology Professors	210	$81,300

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.