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Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute

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

Pacifica Graduate Institute is located in Carpinteria, California and has a total student population of 856. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 124 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

Pacifica Graduate Institute Psychology Degrees Available

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

Pacifica Graduate Institute Psychology Rankings

There were 67 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Pacifica Graduate Institute

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Pacifica Graduate Institute Psychology Master’s Program

73% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute awarded 124 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. Pacifica Graduate Institute does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacifica Graduate Institute with a master's in psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 55
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 44

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 Pacifica Graduate Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 107
Other Psychology 84

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 Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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