Psychology at Rio Salado College

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

Rio Salado College is located in Tempe, Arizona and has a total student population of 17,362.

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

Rio Salado College Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at Rio Salado College

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Rio Salado College offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Rio Salado 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 Rio Salado College

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

Rio Salado College Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Rio Salado College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rio Salado College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	5

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• 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 AZ, the home state for Rio Salado College.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,530	$66,040
Psychologists	170	$87,600

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.