What can I do with a Psych Degree?

With a bachelor's degree in psychology, your career opportunities will be many and varied. After graduation from Purdue, you could obtain advanced training in Psychology. This advanced training could lead to a career as a clinical or counseling psychologist, as a professor of psychology, as a researcher, or some combination of the three. You may choose to seek a career in one of the following affiliated fields such as: clinical social work, social work, mental health counseling, marriage & family therapy or school counseling.  Another option is to enroll in a graduate program in such fields as law, medicine, or business. Your knowledge of psychology will be invaluable if you join one of those professions.

An alternative career path would be to take a job immediately after graduation. Like many psychology majors at Purdue, you might begin your career in one of the "helping professions." For example, you might work in a hospital, group home, fitness center, or delinquency prevention program. You might instead have a job in a government agency, where your knowledge of human behavior would be both helpful and applicable. Another path would be to begin a career in business and industry, applying your skills in areas such as personnel selection and training, advertising, consumer-product research, or public opinion polling. Because you will learn about many aspects of psychology while at Purdue, you will be prepared for many career opportunities.