Forensic Psychology

Forensic Psychology programs prepare individuals to apply clinical, counseling, school, and neuropsychology skills to the provision of psychological services within the criminal justice and civil legal systems, including consultation, assessment, and interventions. Includes instruction in the epidemiology of mental/behavioral disorders, risk factors for violence and criminality, profiling and patterning, psychological testing, prediction and intervention measurement, forensic assessment, criminal and civil law and procedures, secure environments, forensic treatment and intervention skills, and professional standards and ethics.

California grants the most Doctors degree professional practices in Forensic Psychology of all US states with 12 degrees being awarded last year. Students wanting to major in Forensic Psychology can expect around 8% percent of their fellow classmates to be men and 92% percent to be women. The majority students graduating in this field earn a Masters degree. The average starting salary for an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology is $44,000.