Also called: Professor of psychology
Teaches psychology and runs studies on how people think, feel, and behave.
Psychology professors teach popular intro classes, run experiments with student volunteers, analyze data, and supervise graduate students.
BLS psychology teachers, postsecondary.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 11 years after high school. Bachelor's, then a PhD (usually 5-7 years), often a postdoc, then a competitive faculty job search; tenure takes about 6 more years.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Psychology, Neuroscience.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). BLS projects ~4% growth for postsecondary teachers overall; tenure-track jobs are very competitive.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI helps run analyses and write papers; designing studies and teaching students stay human in a tight job market.
Classes: AP Psychology, AP Statistics, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-1066.
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