Psychology at California State University - Long Beach

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Long Beach. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year.

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

CSULB Psychology Degrees Available

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

CSULB Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at CSULB 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 - Long Beach with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	107
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	338
White	88
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

CSULB Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. CSULB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 74% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	535
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	41

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 - Long Beach.

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.