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General Psychology at Santa Clara University

General Psychology at Santa Clara University

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

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year.

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.

SCU General Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

SCU General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at SCU 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at SCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Santa Clara University.

SCU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 35
White 47
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 18

Concentrations Within General Psychology

General 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 Santa Clara University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology 104

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 Clara 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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