Career Placement Outcomes - Psychology

Doctoral Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
84.3% 1.5% 2.9% 1.5% 90 %

Master's Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
22.3% 5.6% 63.9% 5.6% 97.3 %

* The above data are based on an employment survey completed within 6 months after graduation. If the percentages do not add up to 100%, the remaining graduates were not seeking employment at the 6-month mark.

Roles and Workspace for 2019-2021 Doctoral and Master's Graduates

  2-year college/community college 4-year college/master's university For-profit company: Health For-profit company: Retail Government Research university Self-employed/Entrepreneurial Other
Faculty 1         2    
Human Services   1            
Postdoc   2     1 1    
Research Staff     1          
Sales/Marketing       1        
Student Services           1    
Other           2 1 2

Employment Statistics: National Science Board (NSB) infographic of long-term career trajectories show the diverse possibilities for this discipline.

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