The University of Maryland Psychology graduates have been successful in many different fields post-graduation, including human services, government, nonprofit, research, and more. Using information from the annual University of Maryland graduation survey, we have compiled details about PSYC majors, such as their post-graduation adventures.
Use this information as a place to start exploring your career interests. Review additional resources below and on the Feller Center's website.
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Related Titles & Work Areas
Job Titles:
- Academic Advisor
- Admissions Counselor
- Camp Counselor/ Coordinator
- Consultant
- Elementary School Manager
- Head Aftercare Teacher
- In Home Autism Instructor
- Intensive Early Intervention
- Interpretive Aide
- Lead Preschool Teacher
- Middle School Program Coordinator
- Operations Coordinator
- Para Educator
- Post-baccalaureate Teaching Assistant
- Preschool Teacher
- Program Excellence Associate
- Teaching Assistant
- Youth Development Specialist
Organizations:
- 2U, Inc.
- BFits Thailand
- Center For Young Children
- Crisis Text Line
- For Love of Children
- Identity, Inc.
- Ivymount Corporation
- Montgomery County Public Schools
- SAR Academy
- Teach for America
- The George Washington University
- The Goddard School
- Trellis Services
- University of Denver
- University of Maryland College Park
- Uplift Education
- Vanguard Children's Academy
Job Titles:
- Dental Assistant
- Drug Safety Associate
- EMT
- Home Health Aide
- Lab Manager
- Laboratory Technician
- Medical and Research Assistant
- Medical Scribe
- Mental Health Associate/Technician
- Orthopedic Receptionist
- Pharmacy Technician
- Protege Intern of Recovery and Care
- Public Health Analyst Trainee
Organizations:
- Capital Digestive Care
- Children’s National Health System
- Erickson Living
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Maryland Pain and Spine Center
- National Community Church
- ScribeAmerica
- Technical Resources International, Inc.
- Transitions Healthcare LLC
- University of Maryland Medical Center
- Washington Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Job Titles:
- Account Executive/Management
- Analyst
- Associate District Manager
- Brand Associate
- Business Analyst
- Campus Project Specialist
- CASE Fundraising Intern
- Client Service Analyst
- Consultant
- District Manager
- Junior Negotiator
- Legal Assistant
- Loan Officer Assistant
- Management Consulting Analyst
- Marketplace Integrity Agent
- Mathematical Statistician
- Paralegal
- Production Assistant
- Quality Assurance Specialist
- Residential Real Estate Agent
- Sales Associate
- Securities Analyst
- SEO Specialist
- Store Management Executive
- Strategic Operations Analyst
- Travel Specialist
Organizations:
- Accenture
- Aflac
- American Airlines
- APS
- Atlantic Coast Mortgage
- BEYOND20
- Bloomingdales
- BluShark Digital
- Colorado College
- Fiverr
- Gartner
- GEICO
- Hungry Harvest
- IBM
- Korn Ferry
- Mayer Brown LLP
- Morgan Stanley
- Next Step Realty
- Sotheby's
- The Advisory Board
- Unispace
- WeddingWire
- Wells Fargo
Job Titles:
- ABA Therapist/Instructor
- Associate Behavioral Therapist
- Behavior Therapist
- Behavioral Health Technician
- Behavioral Technician
- Community Psychiatric Supportive Therapist
- Intake Coordinator
- Program Aide
- Program Manager
- Registered Behavior Therapist
- Rehab/Recovery Counselor
- Rehabilitation Counselor
- RISE Intern
- Senior Neuropsychology Intern
- Supported Employment Specialist
- Treatment Coordinator
- Therapeutic Mentor
Organizations:
- Advanced Behavioral Health
- Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC
- Behavior Basic
- Cornerstone Montgomery
- Eliada Homes
- Epic Health Services, Inc.
- Ivymount Corporation
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Kentlands Psychotherapy
- Little Leaves Behavioral Services
- Signature Health
- TMS Neuro Solutions, LLC
Job Titles:
- Corporate Recruiter
- Engagement Associate
- Human Resource Generalist/Analyst
- Human Resources Analyst
- Human Resources Coordinator
- Job Placement Specialist
- Leadership Consultant
- National Recruitment Coordinator
- Recruiter
- Recruiter, Accounting and Finance
- Recruitment Consultant- Microsoft Cloud Technologies
- Staffing Coordinator
- Technical Analyst/Recruiter
Organizations:
- AIG
- Alliant Staffing
- Frank Recruitment Group
- HireStrategy
- Macy’s
- University of Maryland
- Wallace Montgomery & Associates
- YRCI
Job Titles:
- Clinical Research Assistant
- Clinical Study Coordinator
- Environmental Justice Researcher
- Faculty Research Assistant/Staff
- Intramural Research Training Award (Research Assistant Fellow) IRTA
- Lab Manager
- MRI Participant Navigator
- Research and Recruitment
- Coordinator
- Research Assistant
- Research Coordinator/Project
- Manager (Faculty Assistant)
- Research Project Assistant
- Summer Post-Bac, Research
Organizations:
- Behaviors and Experiences
- Child Mind Institute
- Child Trends
- Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
- Friends Research Institute
- Georgetown University Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience (NIAAA)
- McLean Hospital
- National Institutes of Health
- Neurocognitive Development Lab
- Northwell Health
- UMARC
- UMD Identity Management Lab
Start Exploring Career Titles
Use the sample job and internship titles (mentioned above) to start exploring career paths. The links below provide a short overview of the positions.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook, a career title dictionary
- O*NET Online, the nation's primary source of occupational information
- FOCUS2, explore career paths using self-assessment questionnaires
- Terrapins Connect, talk with professionals working in the field through UMD’s alumni network
- Federal positions by major, research career titles with the federal government related to your major
- Vault Guides, browse 100’s of industry guides to gain inside tips
Resources: Career Planning
Explore career path options with these resources:
- Careers in Psych, Psychology Today
- Careers in Psychology, APA
- Encyclopedia of Psychology, provides information on career paths, job boards, and graduate school
- Forensic Psychology: Is It the Career for Me?, Psychology Today
- Interesting careers in psychological science, APA, career options for psychological scientists
- Non-Academic careers in psychology, career options outside of teaching for PhD candidates
- Non-PSYCH jobs that interest psychology majors
- Psychology careers, overview of options
- Social Psychology Network, all areas of PSYC
Skills Developed: PSYC Major
Skills lead to jobs. Which skills do you possess?
- Assess your skills, abilities, interests, and values and explore how they relate to career options.
- Skills inventory - get started identifying your unique assets.
Sample list of skills developed in class by Psychology majors:
- Communication skills
- Content in psychology
- Critical thinking
- Data analysis
- Interpretation
- Research methods
- Scientific approach to solving problems
Add to your skills with LinkedIn Learning's skill based videos.
Gain Experience
Internships are a great way to try out an interest, regardless if they are directly related to your major. Employers tend to favor job seekers who have had an internship in the field they are hiring for.
Sample internship sites/title
- Advocacy Intern, Consumers Union
- Call Specialist, Mental Health Association
- Case Manager Intern, Westchester County Dept. of Community Mental Health
- Clinical Assistant, Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Clinical Experience Intern, KidsPeace
- Family Justice Intern, Montgomery County Family Justice Center
- Forensic Psychology Intern, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Washington, DC
- HR Intern, Human Genome Sciences
- HR Management Intern, Discovery Communications
- HR Project Assistant, The Educational Alliance
- Intern, CoFED
- Intern, Cornerstone
- Intern, Montgomery County State Attorney’s Office
- Intern, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
- Intern, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- Investigative Intern, DC Public Defender Service
- Laboratory Technician, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
- Media Researcher, Vocus
- MFP Intern, American Psychological Association
- Recruitment Intern, Discovery Communications
- Research Assistant, UMD Child Development Lab
- Research Assistant, UMD Psychotherapy Clinic & Research Lab
- Research Intern, Ocean Mammal Institute
- Therapeutic Riding Intern, MD Therapeutic Riding
- White House Intern, The White House
- Learn about more internship sites!
Sample list of opportunities
- BSOS Engagement Opportunities - browse links on out of the classroom experiences
- Careers4Terps - check out job and internship openings for off-campus positions for UMD students
- Help Center Hotline- Counselor. For more information please call 301.314.4357 or stop by 3105 South Campus Dining Hall
- UMD Department of Psychology Blog - list opportunities
- UMD Department of Psychology Internship Directory - list places where students have interned in the past
- UMD National Scholarships Office - review a listing of opportunities for UMD
- Federal government internships - links to openings and application tips
- Start your search with these tips
- Browse positions - featured in Careers4Terps for PSYC majors
- Research option on campus
- APA undergraduate research and internships opportunities
- Clinical Research Internships for Undergraduates - Dr. Lynn Friedman
- UMD Research Centers - potential RA positions
- Research Assistantship - options in PSYC
- Conducting Independent Research - obtain credit for your research
- PSYC E-News Blog - lists current research position openings
- ProFellow - search for fellowships in a variety of fields; requires a free account to access
- UMD National Scholarships Office - review a listing of opportunities for UMD recent grads & graduate students
- A very popular postbac research program with UMD students is the NIH Postbac Program
Start researching your career path of interest to identify the educational requirements. The resources below offer a brief overview of some of the more popular graduate degree programs for our PSYC undergraduates.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
INSTITUTIONS/GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- Catholic University of America, Master of Social Work
- Columbia University, Master of Social Work
- Drexel University, Nursing
- Duke University, Physician Assistant
- George Washington University, Organizational Science, Medicine, Psychology
- Georgetown University, Law
- Georgia State University, Clinical Psychology
- Howard University, Social Work
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Forensic Psychology
- Johns Hopkins University, Pathobiology, Education, Engineering, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Medicine
- Loyola University Maryland: Clinical Psychology, Psychology
- New York University, Social Work, Mental Health and Counseling
- Robert Morris University, Human Resources Management
- Rutgers University, School Counseling
- Teachers College, Columbia University & Socio-Organizational Psychology and Counseling
- Temple University, Podiatry
- The Commonwealth Medical College, Biomedical Science
- Thomas Jefferson University, Occupational Therapy
- Towson University, School Psychology
- University of Maryland, Psychology, Education, Speech/Language Pathology, Public Health, Public Policy
- University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Medicine
- University of Maryland, Baltimore: Social Work, Counseling
- University of Minnesota, Social Work
- University of Missouri, Psychology
- University of Pennsylvania, Law
- University of Pittsburgh, Counseling
- University of Southern California, Public Policy, Social Work
- University of Virginia, Medicine
Graduate School Resources: Researching programs:
- Accredited Graduate Programs in Counseling (from CACREP)
- Choosing Between the PsyD and PhD Psychology Graduate Degree
- Non-Academic Careers for PhDs
- Psychology degree specialties
- Types of Psychology Degrees
Learn about the licensing process:
- Types of Counseling Licensure in Maryland & Requirements
- Licensure information by state
Application tips:
- UMD Pre-Health Advising, offers guidance related graduate school
- Questions to consider before applying
- Application timeline, stay on track with your graduate school application
- Tips for completing the application
- Financing ideas for graduate school
- Financial Aid resources for PSYC students
- Fully Funded Master’s Programs in Psychology by ProFellow
This is a directory of internship sites that provide great industry experience for Psychology Majors. They are sorted by subfield in the tabs at the top of this page. Make an advising appointment with Steve Young, Psychology Advisor, for more information.
Build Connections
After researching career paths, consider talking with people working in your field of interest to gain inside information. The links below provide sample events where you may be able to meet professionals in your field of interest. Use these opportunities to learn more about your field of interest, establish new networking contacts, and informational interviews.
- Career Events for BSOS students
- University Career Center Event Calendar
- Terrapins Connect, is an online platform that allows students’ virtual access to UMD alumni who have volunteered to share industry specific information, conduct resume reviews, etc.
- Use LinkedIn to locate alumni & recruiters
- Intern for a Day Lite, matches students with professionals working in a field of interest to shadow for the day or offer informational interviews
Consider reviewing state and national psychology related associations to access career path information and even attend association sponsored events to network with professionals in your field of interest.
