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. In 2021, 224 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from WWU.

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Psychology Schools	155
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	333
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	449

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from WWU Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at WWU is $27,918. 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 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

Of the 224 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from WWU in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were 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 71% 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	20
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	159
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

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

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.