General Psychology at Los Angeles Valley College

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

LAVC is located in Valley Glen, California and has a total student population of 15,957.

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.

LAVC General Psychology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Psychology

LAVC General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at LAVC

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

LAVC General Psychology Associate’s Program

73% Women

70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at LAVC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

LAVC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within General Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Los Angeles Valley College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Los Angeles Valley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	121

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 Los Angeles Valley 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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