General Psychology at Western Oregon University

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

Western Oregon State College is located in Monmouth, Oregon and approximately 4,554 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 109 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Western Oregon State College.

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.

Western Oregon State College General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Western Oregon State College

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 Oregon State College offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Western Oregon State College General Psychology Rankings

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

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 Oregon State College 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
Most Popular Online General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Most Popular Online General Psychology Schools	42
Most Popular General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	317

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from Western Oregon State College. This is the #317 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Western Oregon State College Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Western Oregon State College is $32,010. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Western Oregon State College

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

Western Oregon State College General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 109 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Western Oregon State College in 2021, 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Western Oregon State College since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Western Oregon State College 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 Western Oregon University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	74
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

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 OR, the home state for Western Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,040	$103,870
Psychology Professors	540	$76,580

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 Andrew Parodi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.