by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering family 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.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of family psychology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered 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 |
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 6,914 |
| 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 |
| Transpersonal/Spiritual Psychology | 26 |
| Environmental Psychology | 11 |
| Geropsychology | 3 |
As a more focused area within Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, family psychology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.