French psychology student here. Here it's pretty different: there are no campus, so most of us have 1 to 2 hours of transport to reach the university (some just live pretty close). I'm one of the rare dudes in my uni (90% of girls I think). Also, everyone can attend psychology college here (speaking from my experience).
But what you need to know is that :
- psychology is a vast subject, so some people might not be psychologists or therapists, but what they're doing required some resource 
- lot of them wanna know about their own psychological issues
- here, 60% of the 1st year students nail their exams and proceed to continue their studies
At the end, I kinda agree that a lot of people aren't that really into psychology.