Psychology at National University

Every psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at National University stacks up to those at other schools.

National University is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 18,070.

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

National University Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at National University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? National University offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

National University Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at National University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #300 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at National University

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

National University Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at National University since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from National University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	63
White	70
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

National University Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from National University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	104
Black or African American	103
Hispanic or Latino	446
White	329
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	182

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at National University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	1,007
General Psychology	223
Other Psychology	1

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 National University.

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
• Image Credit: By University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.