Psychology at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year. Of the 7,644 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Sacramento in 2021, 600 of them were psychology majors.

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

Sac State Psychology Degrees Available

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

Sac State Psychology Rankings

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

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 Sac State 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
Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	210
	380
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	409

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Sac State. This makes it the #410 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 600 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Sac State in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	68
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	232
White	185
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	72

Sac State Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 16 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Sac State, about 25% were men and 75% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. Sac State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Sac State 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 - Sacramento. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	609
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	7

Related Majors

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

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.