General Psychology at California State University - East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay is located in Hayward, California and has a total student population of 16,253. Of the 4,189 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - East Bay in 2021, 430 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

Cal State East Bay General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Cal State East Bay General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Cal State East Bay performed in these rankings.

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 Cal State East Bay 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 Popular General Psychology Schools	57
Best General Psychology Schools	130
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Cal State East Bay Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State East Bay is $36,306. This is 27% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at Cal State East Bay

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

Cal State East Bay General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 430 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Cal State East Bay. About 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal State East Bay since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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 - East Bay with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	73
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	176
White	69
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	53

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

Related Majors

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 - East Bay.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.