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

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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 70% 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 9% 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 21% 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	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.