General Psychology at California State University - San Marcos

If you plan to study general psychology, take a look at what California State University - San Marcos has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and has a total student population of 16,367. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 327 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from CSUSM.

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.

CSUSM General Psychology Degrees Available

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

CSUSM General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how CSUSM 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 CSUSM 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 Schools	86
Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	154
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186
Most Focused General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	188
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	385
Best General Psychology Schools	402
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In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in psychology from CSUSM. This makes it the #173 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from CSUSM Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUSM is $29,075. This is 2% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 327 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from CSUSM. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUSM since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 - San Marcos with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	140
White	99
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

CSUSM General Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at CSUSM awarded 9 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 - San Marcos.

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 Eamuscatuli under License

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