Psychology at Palo Alto University

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Palo Alto University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology is located in Palo Alto, California and approximately 1,163 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 102 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.

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Psychology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Pacific Graduate School of Psychology offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Psychology Rankings

There were 91 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology

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

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology awarded 102 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. Pacific Graduate School of Psychology does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	41
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Palo Alto University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Palo Alto University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	177
General Psychology	16

Related Majors

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 Palo Alto University.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.