General Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year.

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.

UT Austin General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

UT Austin General Psychology Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin General Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. UT Austin does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UT Austin, 75% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General 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 The University of Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	23

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.