Psychology at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576. In 2021, 571 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from UCSD.

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

UCSD Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCSD Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at UCSD 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.

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in psychology from UCSD. This makes it the #644 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #147 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 571 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from UCSD. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	187
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	134
White	128
International Students	73
Other Races/Ethnicities	37

UCSD Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at UCSD awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCSD also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 14 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	216
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	173
Other Psychology	115
Child Development & Psychology	85

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Education
• Communication & Journalism

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 - San Diego.

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.