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4 year degrees in psychology don't pay very well at all but there are a ton of jobs for them, and it's really easy to get a county job with great benefits in the US. 
Psychology is also a desirable background for MBA programs. 
Master's or especially PhD in psychology is not bad at all, there's a high demand for them everywhere. 
Associates degree in psychology is basically useless.
French psychology student here. Here it's pretty different: there are no campus, so most of us have 1 to 2 hours of transport to reach the university (some just live pretty close). I'm one of the rare dudes in my uni (90% of girls I think). Also, everyone can attend psychology college here (speaking from my experience).
But what you need to know is that :
- psychology is a vast subject, so some people might not be psychologists or therapists, but what they're doing required some resource 
- lot of them wanna know about their own psychological issues
- here, 60% of the 1st year students nail their exams and proceed to continue their studies
At the end, I kinda agree that a lot of people aren't that really into psychology. >

You don’t have to get a job in the exact field your degree is in to make it worthwhile. Maybe they like the topics? >

Maybe. It's not really practical though. You make it harder on yourself to find a well paying job. And since you pay a shit ton of rent and everything why not use what you learn, if you learn anything at all and not just train just to remember writing an exam and then forgetting everything 1 day later >

I’m saying there is use and other jobs available with a psychology degree other than becoming a psychologist >

Like HR, coaching, maybe some marketing jobs would be happy to see it, or career advisors. And some workplaces just want you to have a degree, any degree >

It'd be a long roundabout path to get to HR or marketing with a psychology degree, but a lot of MBA programs just love them. Psychology degrees are easier for most people than business degrees too so it can be a great way to get good grades and become a solid candidate for graduate business programs. 
4 year degree in psychology should have no trouble finding jobs as county caseworkers, behavioral interventionists, supervisors of residential programs or nonprofit departments, most case management positions, some educational positions, etc. Granted most of these jobs don't pay a whole lot but there's certainly not a shortage of work for psychology majors in the US. Master's degree is a qualifier for credentials to be a clinician and eventually private practice. 
With a PhD a psychologist can expect 6 figures. >

Ph.D in experimental psychology. Teaching and doing statistics for 40 years. >

Well, psychometry is basically statistics >

There is no psychology college, the same way there is no computer gaming college. They take psychology at college. I don't know about girls, but wo.an do just fine becoming doctors. God knows the world needs more psychologists, be they men, women, or girls. Maybe the girls will be more affordable. >

Why do you feel this way? >

As Micheal Jeffery Jordan once said, stop it get some help >

I’ve known a lot of very successful people with psychology degrees, helps them in business >

Maybe they should have just sent to school for business then.
Like they wasted their time and money >

You know what Ronnie Coleman said Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, but nobody wanna lift heavy ass weights
Everybody wanna study psychology but nobody wanna deal with crazy ass humans >

What degree did you do OP and what job do you have now? >

I'm 20, doing mechanical engineering to an academy where you can teach engineering to a technical school or at the same academy and also have a degree at mechanical engineering where you can work your craft. Working at customer support at the same time, having a history of working part time as well as graduating helps substantially >

I mean, the original point of university was not to learn a job. It was to study a subject which really interested you and possibly contribute to the field. It's not that way anymore, but I don't think that studying something which you are passionate about is still something worthwhile. There's no objective purpose to life, so if yours is making money, getting a nice job etc. All the power to you, but it's not any less of a "waste" than studying psychology because you're passionate about it. >

I’m so sick of this ultra-capitalist notion that the ONLY reason to pursue higher education is to get a job. Psychology is a very beneficial subject to know about and is naturally interesting to many people, that’s what’s important. >

Knowledge and education are two different things. They have a lot in common but the main difference is that education helps you with a job. You don't like how I have that as one of my priorities? >

This isn’t about you, you can have whatever priorities you want. But don’t hate on people who have different priorities. >

I just think they're making mistakes and don't get their thinking process. I pointed out that they need great students for these kinds of colleges, they are not getting people like me unless I have a shit ton of money which is hardly the case. Getting there is hard so you expect them to have a plan and do something that reward their hard work, discipline, intelligence and work ethic but feels wasted when you see the jobs they're ending up doing >

There is a lot of evil applications to it. If you are female, you can use that to advantage to seduce, manipulate, gaslighting, and etc.
Or in self defense, not getting manipulated, especially there are so much psychological warfare in female social group.
And having the degree itself if a deterant for predators. Their manipulative friends would have a second thought before crossing them. >

Dude, I did psychology and going into that degree with this is intent is a waste of time. You be way better learning through other means or just doing therapy when it’s the benign stuff. >

Yeah. But to be fair, all education that ends with a BA is a waste of time and money. If you get a masters you’re good though >

Simply untrue, in my friend circle none of us would have our job positions without our degrees, its definitely possible to get education and experience on your own but that requires immense work as well, for most people its easier to pay for that education >

Unless you have a degree in stems, your degree is just a checkbox employers check to help in their recruitment. They’ll choose the most qualified candidate and a BA says “I don’t just give up” >

I did Psychology and a lot of people get interest int the field and decide to go into it in college because of their own issues, which isn’t something inherently bad but by itself it doesn’t translate into a vocation. >

Maybe they just want to, but in a lot of places- a psych degree is a good background for other fields. 
I think the bigger question to ask yourself, is what is to you? Does another’s educational path truly impact you enough to spend this much time on it? >

I got a degree in psychology to better myself for those around me.  Jobs and money are less important to me. >

Why does it matter? I know lots of people who went to school for degrees and didn’t end up pursuing jobs in those fields. Life happens. Things change. I’m sure they didn’t think that going into college, but based on finally experiencing these classes, internships, etc., they may realize that these occupations aren’t what they thought they would be. It happens all the time. >

yeah, the last few days i notice it happens with psychology, so i said psychology >

What I said still applies to psychology.