General Psychology at University of California - Los Angeles

Every general psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at University of California - Los Angeles stacks up to those at other schools.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.

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.

UCLA General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCLA General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at UCLA 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.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	140
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	210
White	209
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

UCLA General Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. UCLA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UCLA, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General 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 University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	684

Related Majors

• 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 - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

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