General Psychology at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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

UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and approximately 16,147 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

UMKC General Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

UMKC General Psychology Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #79 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UMKC

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

UMKC General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 8 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UMKC, about 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UMKC, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Missouri - Kansas City with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,330	$76,480
Psychology Professors	650	$83,520
Psychologists	190	$86,730

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 Voidxor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.