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Career Experiences of Bachelor's Degree Recipients: Comparison of Psychology and Other Majors
Author(s) -
LITTLEPAGE GLENN,
PERRY SYLVIA,
HODGE HARRY
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1990.tb00263.x
Subject(s) - bachelor , salary , psychology , liberal arts education , work (physics) , the arts , bachelor degree , variety (cybernetics) , job satisfaction , industrial and organizational psychology , work experience , medical education , higher education , pedagogy , mathematics education , social psychology , mechanical engineering , medicine , archaeology , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , law , history , engineering
A study was conducted to compare career experiences of psychology majors with persons majoring in other fields. Questionnaires were mailed to bachelor's degree recipients with majors in psychology, liberal arts, the sciences, and business. Psychology majors were employed in a wide variety of occupations and were generally in jobs that seemed appropriate for college graduates. In terms of salary, relationship between college major and work, and relevance of college major to job experiences, psychology majors were fairly similar to liberal arts majors. However, the work experiences of psychology majors were not as positive as the work experiences of business and science majors. Sex differences were observed in career experiences for all categories of college majors.