Explore what Psychology graduates do
Studying Psychology develops your understanding of human behaviour, cognition and emotion, while building skills in research, data analysis, and communication. These abilities prepare you for a wide range of careers in health, education, business and other sectors that value insight into human behaviour and analytical thinking.
Psychology graduates from Exeter commonly work in the following sectors:
- Business Operations and Management
- Charities, NGOs, Development Work and International Relations
- Education and Teaching
- Health and Social Care
- Information, Advice and Guidance
- Marketing, Publishing and Journalism
- Politics, Government and Public Sector
While these sectors are popular among Psychology graduates, alumni from your course enter a broad range of jobs, sectors and further study, as you can see below.
Interested in career options that directly relate to your discipline or where your degree gives you a strong advantage? Start by exploring: What can I do with a Psychology degree?
Destinations of Exeter Psychology graduates
Each year, UK graduates are surveyed 15 months after finishing their degrees via the Graduate Outcomes survey.
Graduates from your discipline have entered a wide range of job roles. You can explore some recent examples below.*
Accountancy, Banking, Finance and Insurance
- Audit Associate
- Financial Adviser
- Tax Adviser
- Underwriting Assistant
Business Operations and Management
- Operations and Partnership Manager
- Recruiter
- Sales Executive
Charities, NGOs, Development Work and International Relations
- Change Consultant
- Communication Executive
- Family Liaison Officer
- Policy Officer
- Project Development Officer
Education and Teaching
- Assistant Psychologist (Research)
- Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
- Residential Support Worker
- Teaching Assistant (SEN)
- Teacher
Emergency and Uniformed Services
- Detective Constable
- Police Officer
- Probation Service Officer
Health and Social Care
- Assistant Psychologist
- Child Protection Officer
- Clinical Associate Psychologist
- Positive Practice Worker
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Information, Advice and Guidance
- Brokerage Officer
- Family Liaison Officer
- Youth Leader
Marketing, Publishing and Journalism
- Digital Marketing Officer
- Editor
- Marketing Executive
- Marketing Technology Specialist
- Sales Executive (Publishing)
Politics, Government and the Public Sector
- Contact Management Officer
- Organisational Development Officer
- Revenue and Benefits Officer
- Senior Financial Systems Administrator
Most employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.
Graduates from your discipline have gone on to work for a range of employers. You can explore some recent examples below.*
- BDO Consulting
- Barclays
- Bath Recreation
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Dialectica
- Estee Lauder
- Elysium Healthcare
- Exeter City Community Trust
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- First Light
- Future
- Ipsos Mori
- Loughborough Sport
- NHS England
- One Media Consulting
- PLE Health
- Prison Advice and Care Trust
- SNG (Sovereign Network Group)
- Savills
- Solent Mind
- Staffordshire University
- The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
- Urbanbubble
- Vodafone
- Warwick District Council
Graduates from your discipline have pursued various programmes of further study. You can explore some recent examples below.**
Further study related to your discipline
- MSc Applied Psychology and Economic Behaviour
- MSc Brain Sciences
- MSc Clinical Psychology
- MSc Forensic Psychology
- MSc Health Psychology
- MSc Social and Organisational Psychology
Further study in other disciplines
- MA Publishing
- MSc Animal Behaviour
- MSc Applied Data Science and Statistics
- MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
- MSc Marketing
- MSc Management
- MSc Public Policy
- MSc Speech and Language Therapy
Useful resources
- Discover what matters to you in a future career using our Know Yourself page.
- Explore your career options using our Employment Sectors page.
- Consider your further study options by visiting our postgraduate study page.
- Browse Exeter alumni career paths using the University's alumni profiles database and LinkedIn's University of Exeter Alumni Tool (LinkedIn account required).
- View national graduate destinations for your discipline in the What do graduates do? report. Please note it does not cover all disciplines.
*Data is based on responses from full-time, UK-domiciled students who graduated between 2020/21 and 2022/23, as reported in the Graduate Outcomes surveys.
**Individual course titles are taken from the University of Exeter’s Career Destination Surveys (2022/23 and 2023/24).