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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. In 2021, 88 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Biola.

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
  • Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Biola

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Biola offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Biola Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Biola 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 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Psychology Schools 319
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools 342
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 600
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In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Biola. This makes it the #343 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

76% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% 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 4% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 33
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

Biola Psychology Master’s Program

82% Women
59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The psychology program at Biola awarded 22 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women.

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In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 14% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Biola also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 23 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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