As a wide ranging liberal arts degree, psychology prepares you to work in a large variety of fields that require critical thinking, problem solving, and general human relations skills. Many employers in business, for example, look for general liberal arts graduates. Keep in mind that many jobs and careers do not fit into the disciplinary or professional categories that we use in college. You have the opportunity to use your liberal arts background in careers as diverse as your imagination allows. Psychology as a Social Science Degree.
Many graduates look for work specifically in psychology.
Those graduating from college with majors in psychology are similar to and different from all other college graduates. They are just as well-qualified and should be as competitive and successful in the general job market as many other liberal arts graduates. A student graduating as a psychology major cannot expect to be employed as a psychologist any more than a student graduating from a prelaw program, say, can expect to be employed as a lawyer. Yet the psychology major is generally prepared for a wide variety of roles and is specifically prepared to fill many of them better and more competently than people who have majored in other fields. The book from which the above quote is taken is available in the Psychology Department library.