What are the prospects for a career in school psychology?
School psychologist jobs are expected to experience higher than average growth. Employment of psychologists, including school psychologist employment, is projected to grow 15% from 166,000 jobs in 2006 to about 191,000 jobs in 2016, which is faster than average for all professions. (1) The boost in awareness of how behavior and mental issues affect learning is determined to potentially cause an increased need for school psychologists to provide mental health services and counseling to school-age children. School psychologists possessing specialist degrees and significant training in computer science and quantitative methods will have the best job opportunities.
