by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Psychology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Psychology is a major offered under the psychology program of study at American River College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in psychology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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American River does not offer an online option for its psychology associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the American River Online Learning page.
About 76.0% of the students who received their Associate in psychology in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 76.9%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in psychology at American River in 2019-2020, 50.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 67%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 15 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 80 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 11 |
General Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Psychology | 167 |
*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.
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