Psychology at University of San Diego

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what University of San Diego has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USD is located in San Diego, California and approximately 8,861 students attend the school each year.

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

USD Psychology Degrees Available

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

USD Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at USD 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology at USD are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 San Diego with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	58
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

USD Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of San Diego. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	100
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	97

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 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 Walleigh under License

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