General Psychology at Winston - Salem State University

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

WSSU is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 5,169. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from WSSU.

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.

WSSU General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

WSSU General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at WSSU 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 WSSU 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
	544
Most Popular General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	592
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	685
Best General Psychology Schools	707
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	833

Earnings of WSSU Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at WSSU is $27,801. 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 WSSU

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

WSSU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 40 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from WSSU in 2021, 18% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% 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 Winston - Salem State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WSSU 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 NC, the home state for Winston - Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.