What jobs can you get with a bachelor's degree in psychology?

Jobs with a Degree in Psychology

This is influenced by many factors. One example is the state you live in and what the state requirements are as far as licensure for psychotherapists or counselors.

Here is more advice:

• In Arizona, you must have a Masters degree to be licensed unless you were grandfathered in before the law changed. You should check with your state's board of behavioral health. They should be of assistance. You may be able to work at a large agency as a case worker, client advocate, or counselor. The board should be able to give you more ideas. For better prospects, consider going for a Masters in psychology or counseling. The University of Phoenix offers an excellent counseling program.

• You can get a job with a degree in psychology almost anywhere that does not require special license or training in addition to your BS or BA. For instance, you can work as a human services associate in State or Local Government, you can work for some mental health providers as a general case manager, or you can work as a residential staff person at many inpatient and outpatient mental health, developmental disability, or youth detension facilities.

• You can use your psychology degree to get jobs in human resources, administration, advertising, human services, criminal justice services, etc. There are many ways that you can market your specific knowledge and training towards a profession or job market with a degree that spans as many areas as psychology.

• Well I'm doing my BA in psych right now. The short answer is that if you want a job related to the degree, not a hell of a lot. To work as a psychologist, you need a phD, as a social worker you need an MSW, but there are some office jobs that will hire anyone with a bachelor degree of any kind. Also, if you're in the US (I'm not), you can do a PsyD program and become a psychologist.

• If you are interested in psychology, you can go for 2 years and become and RN (registered nurse) and go on to get your BA in psych. After that, you can do pretty much the same thing as someone with a masters or phD in psych. This way, you end up spending less time and money in school, and if the psych aspect doesn't work out for you, you can work as a nurse in pretty much any dept anywhere you want.

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