Counseling Psychology at California State University - Bakersfield

If you plan to study counseling psychology, take a look at what California State University - Bakersfield has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and approximately 11,745 students attend the school each year.

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

CSUB Counseling Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology

CSUB Counseling Psychology Rankings

Counseling Psychology Student Demographics at CSUB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the counseling psychology majors at California State University - Bakersfield.

CSUB Counseling Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of counseling psychology master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in counseling psychology each year. CSUB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the counseling psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 81% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Counseling Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in counseling 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 California State University - Bakersfield.

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

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.