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What can you do with a
Clinical, Counseling And Applied Psychology degree?

Clinical, Counseling And Applied Psychology is mid-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
75.8 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$2k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$46,883
Typical debt
$25,000
4-yr net cost
$79,192
Monthly loan payment
$285/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

15 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Human Resources Managersleap
AI risk 0 → 48 future · +5.0% demand
$150,000
Regulatory Affairs Managerscommon
AI risk 7 → 56 future · +4.5% demand
$145,000
Training and Development Managersleap
AI risk 38 → 50 future · +5.8% demand
$122,502
Management Analystsleap
AI risk 24 → 40 future · +8.8% demand
$122,500
Industrial-Organizational Psychologistsleap
AI risk 16 → 49 future · +6.3% demand
$117,600
Clinical and Counseling Psychologistsstretch
AI risk 6 → 37 future · +11.2% demand
$86,500
School Psychologistsleap
AI risk 5 → 39 future · +0.7% demand
$79,200
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondarystretch
AI risk 32 → 48 future · +3.6% demand
$75,000
Human Resources Specialistsleap
AI risk 40 → 64 future · +6.2% demand
$75,000
Information Technology Project Managersstretch
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$70,000
Training and Development Specialistsleap
AI risk 28 → 55 future · +10.8% demand
$67,273
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$62,005
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$57,928
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisorsleap
AI risk 12 → 29 future · +3.5% demand
$52,915
Coaches and Scoutsleap
AI risk 0 → 30 future · +6.4% demand
$47,500
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.