Psychology at Biola University

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

Biola is located in La Mirada, California and has a total student population of 5,815.

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

Biola Psychology Degrees Available

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

Biola Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Biola 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.

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Biola

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

Biola Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Biola since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Biola University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Biola Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 79% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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 Biola University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	69
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	64

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 Biola 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 Robert J. Boser under License

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