Psychology at Santa Barbara City College

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

SBCC is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 12,525.

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

SBCC Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

SBCC 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 SBCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Santa Barbara City College.

SBCC Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

SBCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	55
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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 Santa Barbara City College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	137

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences

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 Santa Barbara City 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.