General Psychology at University of California - Merced

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if University of California - Merced is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

UC Merced is located in Merced, California and approximately 9,018 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

UC Merced General Psychology Degrees Available

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

UC Merced General Psychology Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #107 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at UC Merced

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

UC Merced General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 8 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Merced, about 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from UC Merced, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 University of California - Merced.

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.