Psychology at University of Louisiana at Monroe

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at University of Louisiana at Monroe. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ULM is located in Monroe, Louisiana and approximately 8,888 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

ULM Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at ULM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, ULM does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

ULM Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at ULM

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

ULM Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 psychology majors earned their master's degree from ULM. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from ULM, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Louisiana at Monroe with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Louisiana at Monroe. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	53

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• History
• 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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	570	$86,630
Psychologists	190	$76,510

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.