General Psychology at Western Colorado University

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

Western is located in Gunnison, Colorado and approximately 3,203 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Western.

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 General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Western General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Western 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 Western 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	591
	843
Best General Psychology Schools	849
	873
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	896

Earnings of Western Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Western is $23,793. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at Western

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

Western General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Western awarded 28 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Western since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Western 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 CO, the home state for Western Colorado University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,670	$85,470
Psychology Professors	800	$68,010
Psychologists	270	$83,630

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 Draconrex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.