Forensic Psychology at University of California - Irvine

If you are interested in studying forensic psychology, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Irvine. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303.

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

UC Irvine Forensic Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology

UC Irvine Forensic Psychology Rankings

Forensic Psychology Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Forensic Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of forensic psychology master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in forensic psychology each year. UC Irvine does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the forensic psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 19% 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 forensic psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Related Majors

Careers That Forensic Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in forensic 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
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860

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.