General Psychology at Rio Hondo College

Every general 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 Rio Hondo College stacks up to those at other schools.

RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and has a total student population of 15,692.

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

RHCCD General Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at RHCCD

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.

RHCCD does offer online education options in psychology for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree

RHCCD General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at RHCCD

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

RHCCD General Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at RHCCD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

RHCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	109
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Rio Hondo 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.