A liberal arts education prepares you for the challenges of a changing and unpredictable world, equipping you with the skills to communicate, debate, solve problems and think critically. Here's a sampling of careers paths for psychology majors.
First Jobs
- Research analyst, Action Management Services
- Research assistant, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati
- Research technician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
- Research assistant, Diabetes Research Center, Providence, Rhode Island
- Insurance producer, Federal Insurance Federation, Inc., Rockville, Maryland
- Research assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
- Research assistant, Johns Hopkins University Anxiety Clinic
- Lab coordinator, Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania
- Teacher, New England Center for Children, Boston
- Program coordinator, Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Associate teacher, Greenwich Academy, Connecticut
- Program intern, American Youth Foundation, Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
- Legal assistant, Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, Washington
- Asset management and utility operations, Genentech, San Francisco
- Au pair for a child with special needs, Frankfurt, Germany
- City Corps member, Denver
- Teacher, Uncommon Schools, Brooklyn
- Community residence counselor, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
- Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award recipient, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Careers
- Associate, Hanold Associates HR & Diversity Executive Search
- Marriage & family therapy M.S. candidate & co-founder of the Pad Project non-profit
- Architect and president, GUND Partnership
- Vice president, Communications, Motion Picture Association of America
- Chief executive officer. Global Impact, Inc.
- Psychologist, Children's Hospital Boston
- Professor of psychology/neuroscience, Amherst College
- Deputy chief counsel, U.S. Dept. of Energy
- Attorney, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Senior director, Global Talent Management, Whirlpool Corporation
- Foreign affairs officer, U.S. Department of State
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