Career Options

Students who graduate with a psychology major have many skills which are attractive to job recruiters. Psychology graduates possess strong people skills, valuable in many different career fields. The greatest number and highest paid career opportunities in psychology are available to doctoral graduates. This is typically a five year degree after the bachelor's degree.

The areas which have seen the most job growth are the subfields of clinical, counseling, school, health, industrial and educational. Increasingly students are pursuing master's degrees in psychology.

The primary settings for individuals with master's degrees are in health, industry and education. Below are some of the careers and graduate school programs St. Leo graduates have attended. We collected this information in a recent survey of our psychology graduate alumni.

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Schools students have attended for post-graduate study:

Austin Peay Clinical Psychology

C.W. Post Special Ed

Fairfield Master's in Agency Counseling

Fordham Social Work

Indiana University Counseling/Human Services

N.Y. Tech Psychology

National Louis U. Management

U. Cincinnati Rehab Counseling

U. Florida Mental Health Counseling

U. Illinois Sport Psychology

John Jay College Forensic Psychology

U. South Florida School Psychology

Springfield College Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Western Kentucky Experimental Psychology

U. South Florida Counselor Education

U. La Verne Counseling Psychology

U. Sarasota Clinical Psychology

Below is a partial list of careers students have pursued with a psychology major from St. Leo University:

Social Service Director at a Rehab/Nursing Facility

School Psychologist

Therapist in the Department of Corrections

Senior Behavioral Program Specialist

Behavior Therapist

Customer Service Representative

V.P. of Sales & Project Manager

Primary Case Manager

Public Health Educator

Emergency Services Head screener

Assistant Director for KinderCare Training Center

Clinical Case Manager

Children's Mental Health Specialist

Hospice Counselor

Crisis Counselor

Sales Representative

Coordinator, Graduate Business Studies

Business Owner

Public Relations Manager

Supervisor Border Control Agent