Psychology at University of California - Irvine

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

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303. Of the 9,882 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Irvine in 2021, 1,136 of them were psychology majors.

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

UC Irvine Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

UC Irvine Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at UC Irvine compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at UC Irvine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	331
	953

In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in psychology from UC Irvine. This makes it the #113 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #177 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 1,136 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Irvine, about 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Irvine since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	376
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	416
White	175
International Students	77
Other Races/Ethnicities	70

UC Irvine Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at UC Irvine awarded 59 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	24
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

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 University of California - Irvine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	800
General Psychology	367
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	39

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Education
• 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 University of California - Irvine.

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
• Image Credit: By TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.