General Psychology at Santa Monica College

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Santa Monica College stacks up to those at other schools.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 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.

SMC General Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

SMC General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC General Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	80
White	62
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

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 Monica 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.