More than 72% of psychology majors pursue advanced degrees upon graduating from St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
The majority of our students enroll in graduate programs in:
- Psychology (clinical, counseling, developmental, family, I/O, school, social)
- Neuroscience
- Teaching (frequently teaching early childhood and special education)
- Social Work
- Human Resources
- Medicine and Nursing
- Law
- Business (MBA programs)
- Occupational and Physical Therapy
Here is just a sampling of the graduate schools our majors have attended:
- Boston College
- Brown University
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth College
- Drexel University
- Duquesne University
- The George Washington University
- George Mason University
- Goucher College
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Loyola University of Maryland
- University of Maryland (UMD School of Social Work, UMD School of Medicine, UMCP, UMBC, UMUC, UMB)
- McDaniel College
- Michigan State University
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- The Ohio State University
- Old Dominion University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Shippensburg University
- St. Mary’s College of Maryland
- Temple University
- University of Texas at Austin
- Towson University
- Washington University in St. Louis
Learn more about graduate school
View our psychology alumni database to explore our students’ graduate school paths
“The psychology department helped develop my strong interest in research and scientific curiosity that I will carry throughout my career. The skills cultured in my major helped me throughout medical school and my residency. I felt very prepared for the next step thanks to SMCM Psychology!”
– Jeanalee Coster ’08, clinical instructor of thoracic surgery and fellow in lung transplant surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
“A psychology degree doesn’t limit you to psychology; it’s made me an infinitely better biologist!” – Cat LaCourse ‘17. Cat is pursuing a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University with an expected graduation in 2024.