Psychology at Palo Alto University

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

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology is located in Palo Alto, California and approximately 1,163 students attend the school each year.

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

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Psychology Degrees Available

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

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology 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 91 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology

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

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Palo Alto University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	61
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Concentrations Within Psychology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	192
General Psychology	30

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 Palo Alto 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.