by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering other psychology & counseling, 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 other psychology & counseling, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 | 1,424 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 3 | 380 |
| Comparative Psychology | 3 | 9 |
| Experimental Psychology | 3 | 4,439 |
| Personality Psychology | 3 | 17 |
| Psychology, General | 3 | 147,078 |
| Psychology, Other | 3 | 2,825 |
| Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology | 3 | 203 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 3 | 13,996 |
| Social Psychology | 3 | 458 |
| 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 |
| 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, other psychology & counseling sits alongside related programs in that field.
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