Psychology at Wheeling University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Wheeling University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and approximately 857 students attend the school each year. Of the 85 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wheeling University in 2021, 4 of them were psychology majors.

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

Wheeling University Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Wheeling University Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Wheeling 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 Wheeling 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 Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,391
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,685

Psychology Student Demographics at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Wheeling University in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Wheeling University since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Wheeling University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wheeling 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

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	4

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• 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 WV, the home state for Wheeling University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	670	$59,200
Psychology Professors	170	$68,470
Psychologists	130	$82,970

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 Ibagli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.