by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in industrial & organizational psychology, take a look at 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.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of industrial & organizational 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 5 | 336,590 |
| Executive/Career Coaching | 4 | 101 |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | 4 | 17,602 |
| Organizational Leadership | 4 | 15,674 |
| Organizational Behavior Studies | 3 | 3,447 |
| Organizational Communication, General | 3 | 1,789 |
| Psychology, General | 3 | 147,078 |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 2 | 1,424 |
| Business/Commerce, General | 2 | 57,976 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 2 | 380 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
As a more focused area within Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, industrial & organizational psychology connects to the wider programs in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.