by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering social psychology, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of social psychology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 3 | 6,914 |
| Applied Psychology | 3 | 2,998 |
| Clinical Child Psychology | 3 | 106 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other | 3 | 577 |
| Community Psychology | 3 | 520 |
| Educational Psychology | 3 | 1,979 |
| Environmental Psychology | 3 | 11 |
| Family Psychology | 3 | 101 |
| Forensic Psychology | 3 | 2,667 |
| Health/Medical Psychology | 3 | — |
| 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 |
| 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, social psychology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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