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What jobs are available with a psych major?

Considering majoring in psychology because I find the subject matter interesting but unsure of what jobs there are beyond research and psychologist #psychology #what-kind-of-jobs-can-i-expect.

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Linda Ann’s Answer

According to a June, 2016 article in a monthly publication put about by the American Psychological Association (The Monitor in Psychology), folks with a BA or BS in psychology held the following types of jobs:


Sales @20 percent


Other @19 percent


Professional Services @ 17 percent (typically jobs in treatment centers or non-profits as "therapeutic support specialists)


Management & Supervision @16 percent (note: this would be after several years of experience at a company or on-profit)


Teaching @ 11 percent


Account/finance/contracts @ 9 percent


Employee Relations @ 5percent


Research @ 3 percent.
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Zachariah’s Answer

If you are interested in high paying career fields you should look into applied psychology graduate programs. Both Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Factors Psychology programs have high job placement and lead to a good salary, although you likely need a graduate degree. I attended George Mason University's Human Factors and Applied Cognition Master's program and it has served me well. I now work as a UX/UI Researcher and I get to apply psychology I've learned to my work everyday in user experience. You should know admission to these programs is very competitive so you need to keep your grades up throughout undergrad and try as hard as possible to be a Psychology Research Assistant (RA) on campus. You should google search to find out potential careers for those who study psychology.

Here are some psychology careers: https://careersinpsychology.org/50-best-jobs-psychologists/

Here is the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's webpage: https://www.hfes.org/

And here is some good information about user experience careers: https://dynomapper.com/blog/19-ux/176-ux-careers

Good Luck!
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