Psychology at California State University - Monterey Bay

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if California State University - Monterey Bay is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and approximately 7,409 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 252 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from CSUMB.

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

CSUMB Psychology Degrees Available

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

CSUMB Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how CSUMB performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at CSUMB 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 Focused Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	58
Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	59
Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	87
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Most Popular Psychology Schools	176
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	189
Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	374
	477
Best Psychology Schools	479

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in psychology from CSUMB. This makes it the #485 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at CSUMB

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

CSUMB Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 252 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from CSUMB in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 - Monterey Bay with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	153
White	54
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

CSUMB Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at CSUMB awarded 12 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Monterey Bay. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	252
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	27

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Education

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 - Monterey Bay.

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 DirectorG at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.