General Psychology at California State University - Bakersfield

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at California State University - Bakersfield stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and has a total student population of 11,745. In 2021, 280 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from CSUB.

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.

CSUB General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

CSUB General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at CSUB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
Most Focused General Psychology Schools	163
Best Value General Psychology Schools	472
Best General Psychology Schools	821
	837
	867

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from CSUB Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUB is $23,911. This is less than $28,637, which is the national average of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Psychology Student Demographics at CSUB

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

CSUB General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 280 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from CSUB in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 California State University - Bakersfield with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	178
White	50
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

CSUB also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Bakersfield.

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.