General Psychology at California State University - Los Angeles

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

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 26,745 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,742 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Los Angeles in 2021, 352 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 LA General Psychology Degrees Available

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

Cal State LA General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at Cal State LA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Cal State LA 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	71

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Cal State LA. This makes it the #110 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Cal State LA

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

Cal State LA General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 352 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Cal State LA. About 74% of these graduates were women and the other 26% were men. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal State LA since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	260
White	21
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Cal State LA General Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 psychology majors earned their master's degree from Cal State LA. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Cal State LA 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 - Los Angeles.

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 Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.