General Psychology at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 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.

UW General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UW General Psychology Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #87 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UW

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

UW General Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in psychology each year. UW does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UW, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
Managers	770	$100,310
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	300	$78,360
Psychology Professors	40	$68,110

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 ProgWork1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.