by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in developmental and adolescent psychology, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of developmental and adolescent psychology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 2 | 6,914 |
| Applied Psychology | 2 | 2,998 |
| Clinical Child Psychology | 2 | 106 |
| Clinical Psychology | 2 | 6,059 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other | 2 | 577 |
| Community Psychology | 2 | 520 |
| Counseling Psychology | 2 | 11,691 |
| Educational Psychology | 2 | 1,979 |
| Environmental Psychology | 2 | 11 |
| Family Psychology | 2 | 101 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 13,996 |
| Experimental Psychology | 4,439 |
| Developmental and Child Psychology | 1,820 |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 1,424 |
| Social Psychology | 458 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 380 |
| Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology | 203 |
| Psychopharmacology | 67 |
| Personality Psychology | 17 |
| Comparative Psychology | 9 |
A specialization within Research and Experimental Psychology, developmental and adolescent psychology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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