Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations·SOC 19-3039

Best degree programs for Psychologists, All Other, ranked by enrollment

28 college programs and 1,849 schools train Psychologists, All Other. Compare graduates per year, cost and pay, $110,840 median wage, 18,820 U.S. jobs. Federal data.

28 college programs at 1,849 schools train psychologists, all other, graduating 210,098 people a year (IPEDS completions). The largest is Psychology, General. The job pays a median of $110,840 (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Graduates / yr

210,098

from every feeder program

Median annual wage

$110,840

BLS OEWS May 2025

Projected growth

+4.3%

About as fast as average

Openings / yr

3,900

new plus replacement

Schools

1,849

with a feeder program

States with jobs

BLS reports wages

About psychologists, all other

All psychologists not listed separately.

Also calledNeuropsychologistStaff PsychologistClinical NeuropsychologistPediatric NeuropsychologistBoard Certified NeuropsychologistPediatric Clinical NeuropsychologistEthnologistPaleologistPhilologistGroup TesterMental TesterMetaphysicist

Background

A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states and perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how individuals relate to each other and to their environments.

Fields of study that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level, the tier our program pages are built on. Numbers are graduates per year.

Psychology

CIP 42.01

Psychology

146,449graduates / yr

1,567 schools · 1 specialization · 69.7% of pipeline

Grad earnings $31,426

Psychology

CIP 42.27

Research and Experimental Psychology

21,232graduates / yr

152 schools · 9 specializations · 10.1% of pipeline

Grad earnings $34,454

143 schools · 12 specializations · 8.2% of pipeline

Grad earnings $33,805

230 schools · 1 specialization · 4.8% of pipeline

Grad earnings $37,366

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

CIP 30.17

Behavioral Sciences

6,635graduates / yr

123 schools · 1 specialization · 3.2% of pipeline

Grad earnings $36,206

Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

CIP 19.07

Human Development

5,458graduates / yr

224 schools · 3 specializations · 2.6% of pipeline

Grad earnings $31,642

67 schools · 1 specialization · 1.3% of pipeline

Grad earnings $36,890

28 degree programs that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are College Scorecard figures for people who finished the program, reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. That is a different measurement from the occupation-wide wages further down this page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#	Program	Graduates / yr	Share of pipeline	Schools	Grad earnings (1 yr)	Median debt
1	Psychology, General CIP 42.0101	146,449	69.7%	1,567	$31,426	$25,250
2	Research and Experimental Psychology, Other CIP 42.2799	14,082	6.7%	152	$34,454	$21,878
3	Criminology CIP 45.0401	10,118	4.8%	230	$37,366	$25,000
4	Applied Behavior Analysis CIP 42.2814	7,215	3.4%	143	$33,805	$27,000
5	Behavioral Sciences CIP 30.1701	6,635	3.2%	123	$36,206	$29,240
6	Child Development CIP 19.0706	4,749	2.3%	224	$31,642	$23,092
7	Experimental Psychology CIP 42.2704	4,599	2.2%	74	$34,454	$21,878
8	Applied Psychology CIP 42.2813	2,999	1.4%	96	$33,805	$27,000
9	Forensic Psychology CIP 42.2812	2,718	1.3%	59	$33,805	$27,000
10	Psychology, Othermain feeder CIP 42.9999	2,686	1.3%	67	$36,890	$18,200
11	Educational Psychology CIP 42.2806	1,874	0.9%	84	$33,805	$27,000
12	Behavioral Neuroscience CIP 42.2706	1,391	0.7%	32	$34,454	$21,878
13	Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other CIP 42.2899	711	0.3%	46	$33,805	$27,000
14	Family Psychology CIP 42.2811	630	0.3%	6	$33,805	$27,000
15	Early Childhood and Family Studies CIP 19.0711	489	0.2%	22	$31,642	$23,092
16	Community Psychology CIP 42.2802	464	0.2%	34	$33,805	$27,000
17	Social Psychology CIP 42.2707	455	0.2%	33	$34,454	$21,878
18	Health/Medical Psychology CIP 42.2810	428	0.2%	25	$33,805	$27,000
19	Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics CIP 42.2701	382	0.2%	22	$34,454	$21,878
20	Performance and Sport Psychology CIP 42.2815	318	0.2%	18	$33,805	$27,000
21	Adult Development and Aging CIP 19.0702	220	0.1%	34	$31,642	$23,092
22	Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology CIP 42.2708	210	0.1%	16	$34,454	$21,878
23	Clinical Child Psychology CIP 42.2807	101	0.0%	9	$33,805	$27,000
24	Psychopharmacology CIP 42.2709	74	0.0%	5	$34,454	$21,878
25	Transpersonal/Spiritual Psychology CIP 42.2817	40	0.0%	1	$33,805	$27,000
26	Personality Psychology CIP 42.2705	23	0.0%	2	$34,454	$21,878
27	Environmental Psychology CIP 42.2808	22	0.0%	3	$33,805	$27,000
28	Comparative Psychology CIP 42.2702	16	0.0%	2	$34,454	$21,878

Top 50 schools by graduates into this job

Counting every feeder program a school offers, not just its largest one.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#	School	Graduates / yr	Top feeder program	Grad rate	Net price	Acceptance
1	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs	5,063	Psychology, General	43%	$34,565	100%
2	Capella University Minneapolis, MN Private for-profit · 6 feeder programs	2,891	Applied Behavior Analysis	20%	$19,369	—
3	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ Public · 5 feeder programs	2,382	Psychology, General	0%	—	67%
4	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN Public · 3 feeder programs	2,189	Behavioral Sciences	50%	—	—
5	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs	2,007	Psychology, General	65%	$28,911	99%
6	Florida International University Miami, FL Public · 3 feeder programs	1,752	Psychology, General	74%	—	55%
7	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Public · 1 feeder programs	1,596	Psychology, General	78%	—	40%
8	University of California - Irvine Irvine, CA Public · 6 feeder programs	1,464	Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	87%	—	29%
9	University of South Florida Tampa, FL Public · 4 feeder programs	1,407	Psychology, General	77%	—	43%
10	Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs	1,229	Applied Behavior Analysis	64%	$33,585	58%
11	National University San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs	1,168	Applied Behavior Analysis	43%	$31,817	—
12	University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public · 2 feeder programs	1,139	Psychology, General	93%	—	9%
13	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs	1,132	Psychology, Other	43%	$21,535	79%
14	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ Public · 7 feeder programs	1,078	Psychology, General	68%	—	90%
15	California State University - Northridge Northridge, CA Public · 3 feeder programs	1,025	Psychology, General	57%	—	93%
16	California State University - Fresno Fresno, CA Public · 4 feeder programs	1,017	Psychology, General	57%	—	95%
17	California State University - Fullerton Fullerton, CA Public · 1 feeder programs	1,015	Psychology, General	70%	—	91%
18	The University of Arizona Global Campus Chandler, AZ Public · 3 feeder programs	951	Psychology, General	11%	$26,445	—
19	California State University - Long Beach Long Beach, CA Public · 2 feeder programs	937	Psychology, General	69%	—	46%
20	University of Phoenix - Arizona Phoenix, AZ Private for-profit · 3 feeder programs	926	Psychology, Other	21%	$15,478	—
21	University of California - Davis Davis, CA Public · 2 feeder programs	924	Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	86%	—	42%
22	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD Public · 1 feeder programs	917	Psychology, General	33%	—	—
23	Walden University Minneapolis, MN Private for-profit · 3 feeder programs	892	Psychology, General	—	—	—
24	University of Florida Gainesville, FL Public · 2 feeder programs	871	Psychology, General	91%	—	24%
25	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY Public · 2 feeder programs	862	Forensic Psychology	56%	—	57%
26	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Public · 2 feeder programs	845	Psychology, General	86%	—	24%
27	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public · 4 feeder programs	817	Psychology, General	89%	—	27%
28	University of Houston Houston, TX Public · 2 feeder programs	816	Psychology, General	65%	—	74%
29	University of California - Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Public · 4 feeder programs	813	Experimental Psychology	83%	—	33%
30	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI Public · 4 feeder programs	809	Psychology, General	90%	—	45%
31	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public · 4 feeder programs	803	Experimental Psychology	93%	—	16%
32	San Diego State University San Diego, CA Public · 4 feeder programs	800	Psychology, General	76%	—	36%
33	Brigham Young University - Idaho Rexburg, ID Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs	795	Family Psychology	55%	$6,760	96%
34	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Public · 5 feeder programs	793	Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	65%	—	86%
35	Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public · 6 feeder programs	786	Psychology, General	84%	—	58%
36	Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH Public · 3 feeder programs	784	Experimental Psychology	88%	—	61%
37	University of Georgia Athens, GA Public · 5 feeder programs	784	Psychology, General	90%	—	38%
38	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN Public · 4 feeder programs	779	Psychology, General	85%	—	80%
39	University of North Texas Denton, TX Public · 4 feeder programs	773	Psychology, General	61%	—	72%
40	Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX Public · 5 feeder programs	772	Psychology, General	84%	—	57%
41	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ Public · 6 feeder programs	750	Psychology, General	68%	—	86%
42	University of Maryland - College Park College Park, MD Public · 3 feeder programs	748	Psychology, General	89%	—	45%
43	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Public · 4 feeder programs	737	Criminology	73%	—	77%
44	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY Public · 5 feeder programs	694	Psychology, General	57%	—	54%
45	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ Public · 4 feeder programs	694	Psychology, General	61%	—	90%
46	University of California - San Diego La Jolla, CA Public · 7 feeder programs	693	Psychology, General	86%	—	27%
47	New York University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs	692	Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	88%	$29,023	9%
48	University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA Public · 4 feeder programs	667	Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	85%	—	58%
49	American Public University System Charles Town, WV Private for-profit · 4 feeder programs	654	Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	57%	$10,199	—
50	California State University - San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA Public · 3 feeder programs	639	Psychology, General	55%	—	94%

What psychologists, all other earn

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual wage

$110,840

Mean annual

$111,210

Median hourly

$53.29/hr

People employed

18,820

What the range looks like

10th pct$54,990Median$110,84090th pct$168,520

Top-paying states

Top-paying metro areas

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

$166,480median

170 jobs

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

$185,390median

210 jobs

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

$175,160median

110 jobs

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

$138,300median

40 jobs

Raleigh-Cary, NC

$152,980median

30 jobs

Asheville, NC

$152,550median

60 jobs

Richmond, VA

$152,050median

90 jobs

Eugene-Springfield, OR

$133,180median

70 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34

+4.3%

About as fast as average

Openings per year

3,900

new jobs plus replacements

Employment change

2,400

55,300 → 57,700

Typical entry education

Master's degree

Plus internship/residency

Where the jobs are, state by state

Pick a state for in-state pay, the schools there, and the programs they run.

This occupation state by state: pay, jobs, and schools
State	Median pay	Jobs	Concentration	Schools	Graduates / yr
California	$157,540	1,600	0.73×	206	38,386
New York	$128,320	680	0.58×	113	15,131
Florida	$134,690	910	0.76×	47	12,098
Arizona	$137,510	240	0.61×	26	8,884
Pennsylvania	$95,650	780	1.07×	122	7,578
Virginia	$140,640	510	1.03×	43	6,496
Minnesota	$115,650	330	0.94×	36	6,155
New Hampshire	$120,790	—	—	14	5,681
North Carolina	$126,440	570	0.95×	84	5,588
Indiana	$123,640	200	0.51×	47	5,549
Massachusetts	$129,410	500	1.13×	61	5,506
Ohio	$132,060	410	0.60×	74	5,034
Illinois	$69,810	1,120	1.51×	52	5,006
Georgia	—	1,040	1.75×	49	4,867
New Jersey	$132,220	370	0.71×	32	4,506
Michigan	$88,510	410	0.78×	49	4,101
Maryland	$109,970	840	2.52×	26	3,290
Missouri	$134,890	250	0.69×	43	3,225
Colorado	$120,660	380	1.08×	30	3,186
Washington	$128,230	370	0.86×	26	2,893
Connecticut	$125,020	210	1.03×	21	2,860
Wisconsin	$81,860	1,080	3.02×	30	2,807
Tennessee	$138,070	200	0.51×	46	2,635
Utah	$135,200	110	0.50×	10	2,539
Oklahoma	$141,290	90	0.41×	35	2,510
South Carolina	$136,990	140	0.50×	31	2,266
Oregon	$86,680	840	3.52×	21	2,208
Alabama	$136,070	110	0.43×	25	2,206
Louisiana	$104,460	170	0.72×	24	2,133
Kentucky	$149,990	300	1.23×	25	1,999
Iowa	$138,420	60	0.32×	39	1,718
Idaho	$121,140	70	0.71×	11	1,455
Arkansas	$114,340	120	0.74×	28	1,426
West Virginia	$46,350	230	2.71×	16	1,376
Mississippi	$103,380	70	0.46×	20	1,330
Nevada	$146,850	100	0.55×	5	1,206
New Mexico	—	110	1.07×	12	1,081
Rhode Island	$130,960	90	1.42×	9	1,035
Nebraska	$131,640	50	0.44×	20	866
District of Columbia	$125,110	230	2.68×	10	780
Maine	—	110	1.37×	14	614
Hawaii	$135,680	160	2.09×	5	474
Montana	$126,960	40	0.63×	10	432
Vermont	$81,080	80	2.06×	8	432
South Dakota	$132,170	30	0.54×	9	276

Skills and tools

From O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupational database. Importance is a 1 to 5 scale.

What they do day to day

Conduct neuropsychological evaluations such as assessments of intelligence, academic ability, attention, concentration, sensorimotor function, language, learning, and memory.
Write or prepare detailed clinical neuropsychological reports, using data from psychological or neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct observations, or interviews.
Interview patients to obtain comprehensive medical histories.
Diagnose and treat conditions involving injury to the central nervous system, such as cerebrovascular accidents, neoplasms, infectious or inflammatory diseases, degenerative diseases, head traumas, demyelinating diseases, and various forms of dementing illnesses.
Establish neurobehavioral baseline measures for monitoring progressive cerebral disease or recovery.
Provide education or counseling to individuals and families.
Diagnose and treat pediatric populations for conditions such as learning disabilities with developmental or organic bases.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in neuropsychology.

Skills

Active Listening4.4
Reading Comprehension4.3
Critical Thinking4.3
Writing4.1
Speaking4.1
Active Learning3.8
Monitoring3.6
Learning Strategies3.5

Knowledge areas

Psychology5.0
Therapy and Counseling4.7
English Language4.5
Education and Training4.3
Medicine and Dentistry4.1
Customer and Personal Service3.8

Abilities

Oral Comprehension4.6
Written Comprehension4.6
Oral Expression4.5
Inductive Reasoning4.4
Written Expression4.4
Deductive Reasoning4.3

Core activities

Getting Information4.8
Processing Information4.8
Analyzing Data or Information4.7
Documenting/Recording Information4.7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others4.7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems4.6

Tools and technology

hotmarks an O*NET hot technology

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How to get in

How to become a Psychologist, All Other

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above

Typical entry education: Master's degree
On-the-job training: Internship/residency

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 25 majors mapped to Psychologists, All Other24 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+

19.0702Adult Development and Aging
19.0706Child Development
19.0711Early Childhood and Family Studies
30.1701Behavioral Sciences
42.0101Psychology, General
42.2701Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
42.2702Comparative Psychology
42.2704Experimental Psychology
42.2705Personality Psychology
42.2706Behavioral Neuroscience
42.2707Social Psychology
42.2708Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
42.2709Psychopharmacology
42.2799Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
42.2802Community Psychology
42.2806Educational Psychology
42.2807Clinical Child Psychology
42.2808Environmental Psychology
42.2810Health/Medical Psychology
42.2811Family Psychology
42.2812Forensic Psychology
42.2813Applied Psychology
42.2814Applied Behavior Analysis
42.2815Performance and Sport Psychology
42.2816Somatic Psychology(no graduates reported)

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Common questions

What degree do you need to become a Psychologist, All Other?+

Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Psychology, General, which awarded 146,449 degrees in 2024-25, 69.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Psychologist, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 28 programs to this occupation. The largest are Psychology, Research and Experimental Psychology, Clinical, Criminology, plus 3 more. Together they graduate about 210,098 people a year.

How much do psychologists, all other earn?+

The median is $110,840 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). The middle range runs from $54,990 at the 10th percentile to $168,520 at the 90th. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for psychologists, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +4.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career?+

1,849 institutions reported graduates from at least one of the 28 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do psychologists, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Neuropsychologist, Staff Psychologist, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Board Certified Neuropsychologist, Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 19-3039.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024-25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

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Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
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BLS Employment Projections
2024–34
Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
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2024-25 (provisional)
Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
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College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohorts
Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
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Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest available
Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
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NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018
Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
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Best degree programs for Psychologists, All Other, ranked by enrollment

About psychologists, all other

Fields of study that lead to this job

28 degree programs that lead to this job

Top 50 schools by graduates into this job

What psychologists, all other earn

Top-paying states

Top-paying metro areas

Job outlook

Where the jobs are, state by state

Skills and tools

What they do day to day

Skills

Knowledge areas

Abilities

Core activities

Tools and technology

How to get in

How to become a Psychologist, All Other

Every major mapped to this job

Related careers

Common questions

BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

BLS Employment Projections

IPEDS Completions

College Scorecard, Field of Study

Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

O*NET Database 30.3

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