General Psychology at California State University - Fullerton

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 - Fullerton stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal State Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and has a total student population of 42,051. Of the 10,010 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Fullerton in 2021, 791 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 Fullerton General Psychology Degrees Available

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

Cal State Fullerton General 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 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 Master’s Degree Schools	70
Best Value General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	83
Most Focused General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	303
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	421

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Cal State Fullerton. This makes it the #70 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from Cal State Fullerton Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State Fullerton is $27,870. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 791 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Cal State Fullerton in 2021, 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 24% 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 General Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at Cal State Fullerton awarded 21 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 10% of these degrees went to men with the other 90% going to women.

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.

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 - 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.