General Psychology at California State University - Long Beach

If you are interested in studying general 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 has a total student population of 40,069. 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 General Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB General Psychology Degrees Available

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

CSULB General 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 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Focused General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	170
	609

In 2021, 28 students received their master’s degree in psychology from CSULB. This makes it the #53 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from CSULB Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $26,891. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 28 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from CSULB in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

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	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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.