Career Opportunities in Psychology

With a bachelor’s degree in psychology, your career opportunities will be many and varied.  After graduation from California University of Pennsylvania, you could obtain advanced training in Psychology.  This advanced training could lead to a career as a clinical or counseling psychologist, as an educator, as a researcher, as a school psychologist.  You may, instead, enter graduate school 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 California University of Pennsylvania, you might begin your career in one of the “helping professions.”  For example, you might work in a mental health setting, a group home, a hospital, 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 option is a career in business and industry.  In this area you will be able to apply your skills in personnel selection and training, advertising, consumer-product research, or public opinion polling.  The psychology degree at California University of Pennsylvania is an excellent preparation for many jobs.

Career exploration should begin your freshman year.  Early planning can maximize your chances of achieving your long-term goals.  California University offers many resources to assist you in investigating your career options.  For example:

• Discuss your interests with your academic advisor

• Visit the Career Services Office in Room 234, Eberly Science and Technology Building.