Psychology at California State University - Fullerton

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

Cal State Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and approximately 42,051 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 791 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal State Fullerton.

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

Cal State Fullerton Psychology Degrees Available

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

Cal State Fullerton Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Cal State Fullerton 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 Cal State Fullerton 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	19
Best Value Psychology Schools	242
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	361
	604
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	635

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Cal State Fullerton. This makes it the #362 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Cal State Fullerton

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

Cal State Fullerton Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 791 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Cal State Fullerton. 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 Fullerton since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 - Fullerton with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	101
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	396
White	175
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	73

Cal State Fullerton Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students graduated with a master's degree in psychology from Cal State Fullerton. About 10% were men and 90% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Cal State Fullerton also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student 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 California State University - Fullerton. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	812

Related Majors

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

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 - Fullerton.

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.