General Psychology at Merritt College

If you are interested in studying general psychology, you may want to check out the program at Merritt College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Merritt College is located in Oakland, California and approximately 6,261 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.

Merritt College General Psychology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Merritt College General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at Merritt College

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

Merritt College General Psychology Associate’s Program

89% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Merritt College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 53% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Psychology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	19

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 Merritt 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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