Number: In the late 1990s about 70,000 students obtained BAs in psychology, while about 14,000 were enrolled in graduate school in fields of psychology. At CSULB, there are about 1200 undergraduate psychology majors and enrolled in the graduate program are over 50 fulltime graduate students, another 50 who are taking courses on a part-time basis, and about 85 who have completed their course work and are finishing their theses.

Gender: At the national level about 75% of undergraduate psychology majors are women. At CSULB in 1999,  76% of  the undergraduate psychology majors are women. At the graduate level at CSULB, slightly under 70% of the graduate students are female. Nationally, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, 55.3% of college students are women.  In 1999, 66% of those earning psychology Ph.D.s were women.

Age:  The average age of psychology majors (1999 data) is 27.

Ethnicity: Among psychology undergraduates at CSULB (1999 data) , 1% are American Indian, 8% are African American, 24% are Latino/Hispanic, 10% are Asia/Pacific Islander, 4% are Filipino,  42% White, and another 10% listed other or gave no response.  Nationally (in 1994) the U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics reports that .8% of college students are American Indian, 5.4% Asian, 10.1% Black, 7.3% Hispanic, and 73% White.

When viewing the ethnicity of those who earned psychology Ph.D.s in 1999, 1% were American Indiana, 4% Asian, 5% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 84% were White.  (These categories are those used by APA.)