Psychology at Western New Mexico University

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Western New Mexico University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Western New Mexico University is located in Silver City, New Mexico and approximately 2,896 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Western New Mexico University.

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

Western New Mexico University Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Western New Mexico University

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? Western New Mexico University offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Western New Mexico University Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Western New Mexico University 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 Western New Mexico 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	108
Most Popular Online Psychology Schools	193

Psychology Student Demographics at Western New Mexico University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Western New Mexico University.

Western New Mexico University Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Western New Mexico University. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Western New Mexico University since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Western New Mexico University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western New Mexico University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	12

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• 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 NM, the home state for Western New Mexico University.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	940	$73,600
Psychologists	90	$84,080

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.