Psychology at Azusa Pacific University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Azusa Pacific University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Azusa Pacific is located in Azusa, California and approximately 9,006 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 167 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Azusa Pacific.

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

Azusa Pacific Psychology Degrees Available

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

Azusa Pacific Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Azusa Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Azusa Pacific is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	63
Most Focused Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	100
Most Popular Psychology Schools	160
Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	188
Most Focused Psychology Schools	207
Best Psychology Schools	691
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	714
	828
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	944

In 2021, 114 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Azusa Pacific. This makes it the #46 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #94 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Azusa Pacific

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

Azusa Pacific Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 167 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Azusa Pacific in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Azusa Pacific since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	49
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Azusa Pacific Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	36
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Azusa Pacific also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 19 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within 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 Azusa Pacific University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	200
Other Psychology	97
Child Development & Psychology	3

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• 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 CA, the home state for Azusa Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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 Lance Cpl. Norman Eckles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.