Of these 65,000 students, less than1 in 10 enrolled in graduate work in psychology. Most find jobs in administrative support, public affairs, education, business, sales, service industries, health, the biological sciences, and computer programming. They work as employment counselors, correction counselor trainees, interviewers, personnel analysts, probation officers, and writers. Two-thirds believe their job is closely or somewhat related to their psychology background and that their jobs hold career potential. Psychology majors have many qualities that are attractive to job recruiters.
Employers find that psychology graduates possess strong people skills.
And psychology majors also value these skills themselves. You don't have to stumble across them by accident.