Trends in Psychology Degrees & Certificates

TRENDS IN PSYCHOLOGY P CAREERS- - Degrees & Certificates www.degreecouncil.org What exactly do you plan to do after you graduate? Top 10 Psychology Career Trends 1. Career or Vocational Counselor (BA/BS) 6. Engineering Psychologist (MA/MS) 7. Clinical Psychologist 2. School Psychologist (Doctorate) 8. Sports Psychologist 9. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist (Ma/ms) 10. Special Education Teacher (BA/BS) (MA/MS) (MA/MS) 3. Counselor (Doctorate) 4. Genetics Counselor (Doctorate) 5. Forensic Psychologist (Doctorate) Salary VS Trends Special Education Teacher $47,650 Industrial-Organizational Psychologist $97.820 Sports Psychologist $62,500 Clinical Psychologist $81,100 Engineering Psychologist $79,818 Forensic Psychologist $59,440 Genetics Counselor $71,100 Counselor $47,530 School Psychologist $59,440 Career or Vocational $46,000 Counselor 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120.000 Specialty areas of psychologists 1 37% Clinical psychology is by far the single large specialty area for psychologists. According to the APA Research Office, 37% of working psychologists are clinicians. Counseling and developmental psychology are the next major areas of employment. Learn more about the specialty areas of psychologists by clicking on the chart to the left. 14% 10% 10% 6% 2% 8% 6% 3% 4% 5% Work settings of Psychologist More than 40% of psychology work in the private, for-profit sector or are self- employed. According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, more than 4 out of 10 psychologists were self-employed in 2004, compared to the 1 in 10 in the general population. Educational settings also employ a large number of psychologists with doctoral degree. Learn more about these employment trends by clicking on the picture located to the left. Other educational settings Federal government Self-employed Universities & Colleges Non-Profit Organizations State & local government I Doctorate I MA/MS BA/BS For-profit Organizations 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Sources: http://psychology.about.com/od/careersinpsychology/tp/psychology-career-trends.htm http://psychology.about.com/od/careersinpsychology/tp/highest-paying-psychology-careers.htm http://psychology.about.com/od/careersinpsychology/tp/psychology-employment-trends.htm Clinical Counseling Development Educational N Experiments General Industrial Social/ Personality Other %24