Psychology Degrees acquired after graduation and asked if the degree helped them acquire the job.
Here
is a list of jobs and careers that the students were
hired into after graduation.
http://www.apa.org/careers/resources/guides/careers.aspx
Below
this listing you will also find a list of the top 25 best
(student ranked) psychology schools from 2013
| JOBS/CAREERS
FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR Bachelor of Art or Bachelor of Science |
||
| Employment Counselor
Employment interviewer Financial Aid Counselor Fund Raiser Health care facility coordinator Health care facility Administrator Human Resources Advisor Information Specialist Job Analyst Labor Relations manager Loan Officer Management Analyst Market research analyst Mental Retardation Aid News writer |
Occupational Analyst Patient resource and reimbursement agent Personnel Recruiter Police Officer Polygraph examiner K - 12 Teacher Probation/Parole Officer Project Evaluator Psychiatric Aid attendant Psychiatric Technician Psychological Stress Evaluator Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist (PSR) Public Relations Representative Purchasing Agent Real Estate Agent |
Recreation Leader Recreation Supervisor Recreational Therapist Research Assistant Retail Salesperson Sales Clerk Social Services Aide Substance Abuse Counselor Systems Analyst Technical Writer Veterans Contact Representative Veterans Counselor Victims' Advocate Vocational Training Teacher Volunteer Coordinator Writer |
| CAREERS
REQUIRING A DEGREE BEYOND THE UNDERGRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY
MAJOR MA/MS/PHD/PSYD/MD |
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| Academic Counselor, Applied Statistician, Art Therapist, Professional/Program Evaluator Biogerontologist Chief Psychologist Child Abuse Counselor Child Counselor Child Psychologist Clinical Psychologist Clinical Social Worker Cognitive Neuroscientist Cognitive Psychologist College/University Professor Community Psychologist Comparative Psychologist Consumer Psychologist Counseling Psychologist Developmental Psychologist Domestic Violence Counselor Educational Psychologist Exercise Therapist |
Experimental Psychologist
Family Counselor/ Caseworker Forensic Psychologist Gerontological Counselor Geropsychologist Guidance Counselor Health Psychologist Industrial/ Organizational Psychologist Lawyer Licensed Professional Counselor Marriage and Family Counselor Marriage and Family Therapist Mathematical/ Quantitative Psychologist Medical Social Worker Mental Health Counselor Military Chaplin Military Counselor Minister, Priest, Rabbi, Chaplain, etc. Multicultural Counselor Music Therapist Neurologist Neuropathologist Neuropsychologist |
Neurosurgeon Occupational Therapist Optometrist Pediatrician Personnel Psychologist Physiatrist Physical Therapist Physician Psychiatric Nurse Psychiatric Social Worker Psychiatrist Psychological Anthropologist Psychologist Psychometrician Psychotherapist Rehabilitation Psychologist School Psychologist School Social Worker Social Psychologist Speech Pathologist Sport Psychologist Veterinarian Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor |
The student-based rankings for the nation’s top psychology programs in 2013 (http://www.graduateprograms.com/) are:
1.)
Harvard University (9.53 stars)
2.)
Northwestern University (9.13 stars)
3.) University of Georgia (8.96 stars)
4.)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (8.88 stars)
5.)
University of Virginia (8.75 stars)
6.) Duke University (8.65
stars)
7.)
Yale University (8.64 stars)
8.)
Stanford University (8.63 stars)
9.)
Washington University in St. Louis (8.58 stars)
10.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (8.57 stars)
11.)
Bowling Green State University (8.54 stars)
12.)
University of California, Davis (8.458 stars)
13.)
University of Minnesota Twin Cities (8.45 stars)
14.)
University of Florida (8.43 stars)
15.)
Auburn University (8.41 stars)
16.)
George Washington University (8.36 stars)
17.)
Virginia Commonwealth University (8.34 stars)
18.)
University of New Mexico (8.31 stars)
19.)
Pepperdine University (8.19 stars)
20.)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (8.17 stars)
21.)
University of California, Berkeley (8.13 stars)
22.)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (8.11 stars)
23.)
Michigan State University (8.08 stars)
24.)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (8.07)
25.)
Purdue University-West Lafayette (8.06)