General Psychology at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and has a total student population of 15,197.

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.

WWU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

WWU General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at WWU 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at WWU

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

WWU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at WWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	176
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within General Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Western Washington University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	224

Related Majors

• Child Development & 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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,330	$73,840
Psychology Professors	860	$68,420
Psychologists	370	$102,760

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.