Los Angeles has more than its share of top-rated universities with plenty to offer in the field of psychology. The city is blessed with one of the largest and most prestigious public universities in the country, the University of California at Los Angeles, ensuring that Los Angeles residents have affordable access to quality psychology training. Other quality programs granting psychology degrees include California State University, Pepperdine University, Loyola Marymount University, Alliant International University, and Occidental College.

Los Angeles County is anticipating healthy growth for psychology employment in the near future. Between 2002 and 2012, occupational therapists are predicted to gain 600 new full-time positions in the county, and marriage and family therapists should see 640 positions created (increases of 30 and 36.6%, respectively). College-level psychology teachers should encounter a 37.2% gain in the number of jobs, amounting to 160 new posts, and employment of clinical, counseling and school psychologists is expected to increase 17.4% for a gain of 540 jobs.

• University of Phoenix
  Counseling, Community Counseling, Educational Counseling, Human Services, Marriage, Family and Child Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, School Counseling
• Argosy University
  Counseling Psychology, Psychology