Psychology at Pasadena City College

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

Pasadena City College is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 25,034.

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

Pasadena City College Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Pasadena City College Psychology Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Psychology Student Demographics at Pasadena City College

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

Pasadena City College Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at Pasadena City College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Pasadena City College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	64
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	203
White	45
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pasadena City College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	339

Related Majors

• Library Science
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Education

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 Pasadena City 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.