General Psychology at University of California - Irvine

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if University of California - Irvine is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 366 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UC Irvine.

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.

UC Irvine General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine General Psychology Rankings

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

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from UC Irvine. This is the #317 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UC Irvine Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Irvine is $28,714. This is 0% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 366 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine. Of these graduates, 31% were men and 69% 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 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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	124
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	114
White	61
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• Child Development & Psychology

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

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