Psychology at Solano Community College

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

Solano College is located in Fairfield, California and has a total student population of 9,251.

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

Solano College Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Psychology

Solano College Psychology Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Psychology Student Demographics at Solano College

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

Solano College Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of psychology associate's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

Solano College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychology graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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 Solano Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	85

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 Solano Community 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.