General 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. Of the 681 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State College in 2021, 14 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.

WSC General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

WSC General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

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 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	584
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	606
Best General Psychology Schools	623

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from WSC Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at WSC is $26,449. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from WSC. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 86% 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	1
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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.