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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 507 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from CSULB.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at CSULB 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Psychology Schools	439
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	495

In 2021, 69 students received their master’s degree in psychology from CSULB. This makes it the #92 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 507 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CSULB, 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 CSULB since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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	77
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	267
White	90
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

CSULB Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 69 students who earned a master's degree in Psychology from CSULB in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were 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 4% more men than average.

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 - Long Beach with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CSULB 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 - 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

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human 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 - 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.