Careers in Psychology
If you earn a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, you will be well-prepared for employment upon graduation in a variety of fields.
Psychology students gain skills in:
- oral and written communication
- critical thinking
- quantitative and empirical reasoning
- research design
- computer applications
Psychology also provides a springboard to careers in professions such as law, medicine, occupational health and safety, physical therapy and dentistry.
The American Psychological Association provides information about careers that:
- help businesses
- help people improve their lives
- promote health
- help protect the planet
- serve communities
- help understand the world around us
- focus on working in schools
Related to Psychology
- Academic advisor
- Behavior analyst
- Career counselor
- Case management aide
- Case worker
- Child care worker
- Child protection worker
- Corrections officer
- Counselor aide
- Eligibility worker
- Employment counselor
- Family services worker
- Gerontology aide
- Group home coordinator
- Life skills counselor
- Mental health technician
- Parole officer
- Probation officer
- Program manager
- Public affairs coordinator
- Publications researcher
- Rehabilitation advisor
- Residential counselor
- Social services assistant
- Social services director
- Social work assistant
- Veteran’s advisor
Related to Business
- Administrative assistant
- Advertising agent
- Advertising trainee
- Airline reservation clerk
- Bank management
- Claims specialist
- Customer relations
- Employee counselor
- Energy researcher
- Events coordinator
- Financial researcher
- Hotel management
- Human relations director
- Insurance agent
- Intelligence officer
- Job analyst
- Loan officer
- Lobbying organizer
- Management trainee
- Marketing representative
- Marketing researcher
- Media buyer
- Occupational analyst
- Office manager
- Property management
- Sales representative
- Small business owner
- Store manager
- Technical writer
- Warehouse manager
Other Areas
- Activity director
- Camp staff director
- Community organizer
- Congressional aide
- Director of fund raising
- Driving instructor
- Educational coordinator
- Foster home parent
- Laboratory assistant
- Law enforcement officer
- Newspaper reporter
- Private tutor
- Research assistant
- Security officer
- Statistical assistant
- Store manager
- Task force coordinator
- Teaching
- Technical writer
- Volunteer coordinator
- Youth minister
A Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology provides you with employment opportunities in mental health, business and industry. The clinical track prepares you for employment in mental health agencies. You will complete course work that prepares you to sit for Licensed Psychological Associate (LPA) licensure examination. The industrial/organizational track prepares you for employment in business and industry and may involve roles in consultation, survey research, organizational development and program design.