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human
Is Psychology a useless major?

I’ve had my heart set on becoming a psychologist for a long time now. I like psychology and according to the research I did in one of my classes it seemed like the job openings for psychologists would be increasing in the future. The pay isn’t as high as a doctor’s but it’s enough. So, considering all of this I figured that the long education process would be worth it in the end.
All this being said, it seems like people online all have a negative view on the major and claim that you can’t get jobs with it or that it’s useless. Is this true? I’m hoping someone here might be able to explain this view and if it’s true since I’m not in college yet. Better to know now so I don’t make a mistake.
gpt
A psychology major is what you make of it. It's basically a requirement for going to grad school to become a psychologist. It can also be an excellent foundation for graduate school in something like public health, neuroscience, decision science, or even business, but the applicability to those fields will highly depend on whether you use your 4 years to specialize in a particular area of psychology.

If you just do your basic requirements and take a random smattering of electives, it's pretty average as far as liberal arts degrees go. It's certainly not useless, but it's also not going to specifically open a lot of high-paying careers, unless you set your sights on a specific career early and orient your coursework, volunteering, and internships towards that goal.