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The bachelor's program at Fresno State was ranked #172 on College Factual's Best Schools for psychology list. It is also ranked #28 in California.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, California State University - Fresno handed out 465 bachelor's degrees in general psychology. This is an increase of 5% over the previous year when 443 degrees were handed out.
In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Fresno State. This makes it the #81 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.
Psychology majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Fresno State go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $24,024 a year. This is less than $28,637, which is the national median of all psychology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.
Graduates of the master's psychology program at Fresno State make a median salary of $67,245. This is a better than average outcome since the median salary for all psychology graduates with a master's is $42,335.
While getting their bachelor's degree at Fresno State, psychology students borrow a median amount of $13,889 in student loans. This is not too bad considering that the median debt load of all psychology bachelor's degree recipients across the country is $26,000.
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at California State University - Fresno.
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 465 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Fresno State. About 76% of these graduates were women and the other 24% were men.
The majority of the bachelor's degree graduates for this major are Hispanic or Latino. In the most recent graduating class for which data is available, 63% of grads fell into this category.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from California State University - Fresno with a bachelor's in psychology.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 36 |
Black or African American | 15 |
Hispanic or Latino | 294 |
White | 81 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 17 |
Other Races | 22 |
Of the 18 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Fresno State, about 22% were men and 78% were women.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from California State University - Fresno with a master's in psychology.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
White | 7 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 1 |
Other Races | 1 |
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 45 |
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