Experimental Psychology at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 students attend the school each year.

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

UCSB Experimental Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCSB Experimental Psychology Rankings

The experimental psychology major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Experimental 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in experimental psychology, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Experimental Psychology Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Experimental Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of experimental psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical experimental psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its experimental 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 - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in experimental psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	77
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	117
White	176
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

UCSB Experimental Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of experimental psychology master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Behavioral Neuroscience

Careers That Experimental Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in experimental 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 - Santa Barbara.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.