{"id":15,"date":"2014-09-08T18:15:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T18:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:37:08","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/psychology\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The psychology major prepares students for careers in a variety of psychology-related settings including research laboratories, mental health agencies, hospitals, academic institutions, business, industry, and public organizations. Obtaining a bachelor degree in psychology from an accredited 4-year University should prepare you\u00a0for graduate training in fields such as experimental, clinical, and counseling psychology, teaching, social work, medicine, law, business and management, and public administration.<\/p>\n

Careersinpsychology.org<\/a> is a website with lots of good information about career options for people with degrees of any type (associate’s, bachelors, masters, and doctoral).<\/p>\n

Here is another article<\/a> with good information about what you can do with a degree in psychology. \u00a0Key statistic: \u00a0Only about 25% of people with an undergraduate psychology degree work in a career that is closely related to the field. \u00a0Yes, that may not seem that great, but that doesn’t mean you will necessarily be unemployed. Instead, people can adapt their understanding of psychology\u00a0and apply it to a WIDE range of career choices, some closely related to psychology (like Public Relations or Human Resources Counselors) and some seemingly not but nonetheless make heavy use of your understanding of human behavior and emotion (like sales!).<\/p>\n

Realistically, if you want to “do psychology” you really need to consider going to graduate school<\/a>. \u00a0However, there are many careers where your knowledge of psychology will be helpful. The following is a list of 100 occupations from the Department of Occupational Titles (DOT) that are appropriate for people with degrees in psychology (note: several of these require additional degrees beyond the BA or BS). \u00a0Note that this list is not exhaustive, but hopefully gets your creative juices flowing and shows you what options are available for someone with a degree in psychology.<\/p>\n