Psychology Careers

Appendix 4

Occupations of Interest to Students with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

What can students do with a bachelor’s degree in psychology? It may be more proper to ask the question “What are the careers related to psychology that are available to the bachelor’s-level psychology majors?” Appendix 5 presents a sampling of job titles relevant to students with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Please note that a bachelor’s degree in psychology is not required for the job titles in the first column of Table X (Appleby, Millspaugh, & Hammersley, 2011), but a psychology background can help students be competitive in these job areas. The second column of Appendix 5 presents job titles where more education than a bachelor’s degree is typically necessary. However, no listing of possible jobs will be completely accurate. Even if a student receives a bachelor’s degree in psychology, that student is not required to go into a psychology related field. Rajecki (2008) suggested that some job lists may be misleading in that psychology majors looking at these job lists are either under qualified or overqualified for the position. Thus, in providing a broad look at job opportunities, students may be mismatched with occupations. For a broad perspective about careers within psychology, see Rajecki and Borden (2011). 101

SOURCE: The APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major Version 2.0. American Psychological Association, October 1, 2012, pp. 100-104.