Psychology at California State University - Chico

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

Chico State is located in Chico, California and approximately 16,746 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 335 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Chico State.

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

Chico State Psychology Degrees Available

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

Chico State Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Chico State 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 Chico State 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
Most Popular Psychology Schools	118
Best Value Psychology Schools	334
	746

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Chico State. This makes it the #241 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Chico State

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

Chico State Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Chico State awarded 335 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Chico State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 - Chico with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	125
White	143
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Chico State Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at Chico State awarded 31 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 16% of these degrees went to men with the other 84% going to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Chico. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	366

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences

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 - Chico.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.