Nonprofit Career

Nonprofit Career

Nonprofit Career

Psychology majors often contemplate attending graduate school to further their career options. Career opportunities are available for students who complete just an undergraduate degree. This article will highlight some top paying careers for psychology majors with only an undergraduate degree. The information is gathered from Pay Scale, a company that collects the "world's largest database of individual employee compensation profiles".

Clinical Research Coordinators

Clinical research coordinators top the list of the highest paid careers in psychology. The median salary is $60,700. Coordinators facilitate all aspects of clinical research involving people. Some example duties include selecting and scheduling patients for the study, ensuring the patient's safety throughout the trial, and validating medical staff or clinician qualifications to conduct the trial.

Venues that employ clinical research coordinators are numerous. A popular example is a pharmaceutical company interest in launching a new medication. Teaching hospitals and medical colleges that want to test out new procedures of care will also look for coordinators. Other examples include foundations, non-profits, and government agencies.interested in launching a new medication.