Counseling Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute

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

Pacifica Graduate Institute is located in Carpinteria, California and approximately 856 students attend the school each year.

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

Pacifica Graduate Institute Counseling Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology

Pacifica Graduate Institute Counseling Psychology Rankings

Counseling Psychology Student Demographics at Pacifica Graduate Institute

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the counseling psychology majors at Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Pacifica Graduate Institute Counseling Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of counseling psychology master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in counseling psychology each year. Pacifica Graduate Institute does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a counseling psychology master's degree from Pacifica Graduate Institute, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	40
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

Related Majors

• Clinical Psychology

Careers That Counseling Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in counseling 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 Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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

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.