Psychology at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334.

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

SDSU Psychology Degrees Available

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

SDSU Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at SDSU 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #236 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	67
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	288
White	208
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	56

SDSU Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	638
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	19

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 San Diego State 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
• Image Credit: By Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.