by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in applied behavior analysis, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of applied behavior analysis, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General | 4 | 147,078 |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 | 1,424 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 3 | 380 |
| Comparative Psychology | 3 | 9 |
| Developmental and Child Psychology | 3 | 1,820 |
| Experimental Psychology | 3 | 4,439 |
| Personality Psychology | 3 | 17 |
| Psychology, Other | 3 | 2,825 |
| Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology | 3 | 203 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 3 | 13,996 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Counseling Psychology | 11,691 |
| Clinical Psychology | 6,059 |
| School Psychology | 3,685 |
| Applied Psychology | 2,998 |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 2,898 |
| Forensic Psychology | 2,667 |
| Educational Psychology | 1,979 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other | 577 |
| Community Psychology | 520 |
| Performance and Sport Psychology | 270 |
| Clinical Child Psychology | 106 |
| Family Psychology | 101 |
| Transpersonal/Spiritual Psychology | 26 |
| Environmental Psychology | 11 |
| Geropsychology | 3 |
Part of the broader field of Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, applied behavior analysis shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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