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California State University - San Marcos Master’s in General Psychology

The 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 California State University - San Marcos. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in psychology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Psychology from CSUSM Cost?

CSUSM Graduate Tuition and Fees

The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,176	$16,680
Fees	$1,981	$1,981

Does CSUSM Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

Online degrees for the CSUSM psychology master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the CSUSM Online Learning page.

CSUSM Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 10 students received their master’s degree in psychology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 80.0% of the psychology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 77.0%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 40.0% of psychology master’s degree recipients at CSUSM in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at CSUSM

General Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	10

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.