Psychology at Occidental College

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

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 1,839. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Oxy.

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

Oxy Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Oxy Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Oxy performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Oxy 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	233
Best Psychology Schools	344
Most Focused Psychology Schools	398
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	676
	796
Most Popular Psychology Schools	938
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	981

Psychology Student Demographics at Oxy

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

Oxy Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oxy. Of these graduates, 5% were men and 95% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Occidental College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	19
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Oxy also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Occidental College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	41

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences

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 Occidental 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
• Image Credit: By The Port of Authority under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.