It is important to note that having an undergraduate degree in psychology does not make a person a psychologist. Being a psychologist necessarily means the person has achieved advanced training in the field of psychology. This advanced training is at least a masters degree, but usually a doctorate. Currently, about 65,000 student per year receive a bachelors degree in psychology on a nation wide basis. The career options for Psychology varied.
Psychology provides a valuable liberal studies education for people who just want a college degree.
Corporations and government agencies seek employees with people skills and the ability to reason and solve problems, as provided by the Psychology major. Graduates of a psychology program work in a variety of jobs from sales and insurance to personnel and management. They are able to work in drug rehab units as well as hospitals with long term care patients. They work in a variety of governmental and private agencies, from child care centers and mental health clinics to outreach services, recreation, rehabilitation, senior citizen groups, social welfare, corrections, detox centers, and many more. Their job titles include alcoholism counselor, intake worker, program coordinator, research assistant, public relations specialist, job analyst, career advisor, aging programs analyst, disability evaluation analyst, industrial relations representative, youth counselor, and many others.