Psychology at Saint Mary’s College of California

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Saint Mary's College of California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from SMC.

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

SMC Psychology Degrees Available

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

SMC Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at SMC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at SMC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	108
Most Popular Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	199
Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	203
	275
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	302
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	389
	478
	482
Best Value Psychology Schools	996

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in psychology from SMC. This makes it the #402 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 84 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from SMC in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at SMC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

SMC Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in Psychology from SMC in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SMC also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Saint Mary's College of California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	44
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	37
Other Psychology	12
Child Development & Psychology	9

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Social 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 Saint Mary's College of California.

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
• Image Credit: By Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.