General Psychology at College of San Mateo

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

CSM is located in San Mateo, California and approximately 7,494 students attend the school each year.

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.

CSM General Psychology Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Psychology (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Psychology

CSM General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at CSM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at College of San Mateo.

CSM General Psychology Associate’s Program

71% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at CSM may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of San Mateo with a associate's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within General Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at College of San Mateo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	68

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 College of San Mateo.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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