General Psychology at Mission College

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

Mission College is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 6,504 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.

Mission College General Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Mission College General Psychology Rankings

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Psychology Student Demographics at Mission College

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

Mission College General Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at Mission College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

Mission College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Mission 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.