Our placement rate is 98%, among the nation’s highest, with the most recent starting salaries averaging over $50,000. We are a key recruitment source for many of America’s leading companies.

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Your career could involve investigating and treating psychological disorders; designing and organizing the workplace to improve productivity and morale; designing efficient, healthful interfaces between humans and machines; analyzing human relationships and how they can be made more fulfilling; or identifying and changing behaviors that lead to disease.

There are numerous careers for psychologists in business, government agencies, and various health professions. In business, for example, you can choose from careers in human resource management, organization behavior, advertising or marketing. Biomedical research or academics are also options.

Over the past 20 years, virtually every Clarkson psychology graduate has found employment in a degree-related field or gone on to graduate school. Psychology provides an excellent foundation for careers in medicine and the health sciences, including our own Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree program at Clarkson. The following is a partial list of companies that have hired Clarkson psychology graduates: AT&T, Bell Labs, IBM, Singer SImulations, Texas Instruments. Institutions where Clarkson graduates in psychology have pursued advanced studies include: Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, Northwestern University, SUNY Albany, SUNY Buffalo, University of Georgia, University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania.