Psychology at Willamette University

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Willamette University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Willamette is located in Salem, Oregon and approximately 1,866 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Willamette.

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

Willamette Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Willamette Psychology Rankings

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

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 Willamette 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
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	773
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	924
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	993
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,263
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,267

Psychology Student Demographics at Willamette

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

Willamette Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Willamette awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at Willamette 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 Willamette University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Willamette University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	21

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences

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 Willamette 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 Cacophony under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.