I feel like I picked the wrong major

jjwinkle
Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:15:49 +0000

Only a tiny percentage of psychology graduates go on to work in psychology research. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/us-workforce/2013/html/SES2013_DST_03_2.html shows 84% of employed psychology graduates work in occupations that are neither science nor engineering. It’s not likely that you will have to be involved with this hard psychology stuff after the current year.

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Bachelor_of_Arts_%28BA%29%2c_Psychology/Salary and http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Bachelor_of_Science_%28BS_%2f_BSc%29%2c_Psychology/Salary show what some psychology degree holders have gone on to do. These individuals work in administrative jobs and heavily with that entity they studied: people. Examples: Case Manager for persons with addictions or other problems, Human Resources Manager (good pay), Account Manager (help a business keep its clients), Administrative Assistant.