Psychology at Foothill College

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

Foothill College is located in Los Altos Hills, California and approximately 14,605 students attend the school each year.

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

Foothill College Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Foothill College Psychology Rankings

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Psychology Student Demographics at Foothill College

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

Foothill College Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at Foothill College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

Foothill College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	41
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

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 Foothill College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	169

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism

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 Foothill College.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.