General Psychology at San Diego State University

If you plan to study general psychology, take a look at what San Diego State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 601 of them were general psychology majors.

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.

SDSU General Psychology Degrees Available

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

SDSU General Psychology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at SDSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
Most Focused General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	136
Best Value General Psychology Schools	250

In 2021, 37 students received their master’s degree in psychology from SDSU. This makes it the #30 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SDSU Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $25,695. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology 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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 601 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from SDSU. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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	53
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	263
White	174
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	62

SDSU General Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students graduated with a master's degree in psychology from SDSU. About 24% were men and 76% were 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.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from SDSU, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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.