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General Psychology at San Diego State University

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General Psychology at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

SDSU General Psychology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Psychology

SDSU General Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU General Psychology Master’s Program

76% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The psychology program at SDSU awarded 37 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women.

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Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from SDSU, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 20
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 San Diego State 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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