Possible career paths

A survey of graduates over a 10-year period showed 98% attained their goal of employment, entry into a graduate or professional program, or both. Missouri S&T psychology majors go on to law school, medical school, graduate school, and are successful in careers in business, education, and nonprofit organizations.

A few examples of positions that our alumni hold are corporate vice president of the largest Fortune 500 company in the U.S., corporate CEO, job specialist, personnel manager, sales and advertising representative, realtor, stockbroker, quality control analyst, marketing analyst, rehabilitation director, mental health agency director, director of probation and parole, writer, school teacher, school counselor, and school superintendent. Other positions include physician, lawyer, judge, professor of psychology, chief of a regulatory agency, human factors engineer, industrial engineer, industrial psychologist, clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, physical therapist, marriage/family counselor, social worker, and social services supervisor.

To find out more about career paths in psychology, you might review the jobs available on the following web sites:  American Psychological Association (APA) (www.apa.org), American Psychological Society (APS) (www.psychologicalscience.org), Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP) (www.siop.org), and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) (www.hfes.org).