General Psychology at Santiago Canyon College

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

SCC is located in Orange, California and approximately 9,003 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.

SCC General Psychology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Psychology

SCC General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at SCC

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

SCC General Psychology Associate’s Program

77% Women

71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychology only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at SCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

SCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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 Santiago Canyon College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	106

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 Santiago Canyon 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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