General Psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville stacks up to those at other schools.

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and has a total student population of 12,860. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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.

SIUE General Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

SIUE General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 27 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SIUE, about 30% were men and 70% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in psychology each year. SIUE does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from SIUE, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychology Professors	1,510	$87,880
Psychologists	260	$87,410

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.