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Your degree and transferable skills are keys to your next job opportunity!

Match Degree Program to Another Career

Our Explore Careers and College Major Programs has two programs that help you to explore careers using two methods –

Explore Occupations by Job families
What Can I Do If I Majored In

Explore Occupations by Job Family

To research the careers using Explore Occupations by Job Family, go the Explore Occupations by Job Family

Look on the Main Menu page under Explore the Possibilities section.

Click on the Explore Occupations by Job Family link.

See some of the Job Families –

Architecture & Engineering
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, & Media
Building & Grounds Maintenance
Business & Financial
Community & Social Service
Computer & Mathematical
Construction & Extraction
Education & Training
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry
Food Service
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical
Healthcare Support
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair
Legal
Life, Physical, & Social Science
Management
Office & Administrative Support
Personal Care & Service
Production
Protective Service

Open the job family that interests you. You will find a few different occupations.

For example, Education & Training occupations are -

Agricultural Sciences Professor
Anthropology and Archeology Professor
Aquarium Curator
Architecture Professor
Archivist
Area and Cultural Studies Professor
Art, Drama, & Music Professors
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Biology Professor
Business Professor
Career / Technical Education Teacher
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
Chemistry Professor
Communications Professor
Computer Science Professor
Criminal Justice Professor
Curriculum and Assessment Director

Click on an occupation. An Occupational Details web page appears.

The different sections in the career profile are –

Occupational Overview
Earnings
Outlook
Training
Job Tasks
Work Interest Profile
Values
Skills
Education Requirements
Professional Associations

What Can I Do If I Majored In …

The What Can I Do If I Majored In covers information about some of the following college majors –

Agriculture and Related Sciences
Architecture
Area, Ethnic and Gender Studies
Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Business, Management and Marketing
Citizenship Activities
Communication and Journalism
Communication Technology
Computer and Information Sciences
Construction Trades
Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services
Education
Engineering
Engineering Technologies
Foreign Languages, Literature, and Linguistics

Go to the What Can I Do If I Majored In Tool.

On the What Can I Do If I Majored In, click the desired major.

As an example, clicked on Education.

Related Majors appear. You go down the list until you find the right major, for example Counselor Education - School Counseling and Guidance Services.

The Counselor Education page appears. On the page, there is a college program/ major description. You can save or print the description.

Under the program title and description, there is a list of potential careers matched to the desired major. Scroll down, view, click or save the desired occupation, for example: Career, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors.

Scroll down to the Educational Requirements. You will again see desired college majors –

Counselor Psychology
Counselor Education – School Counseling and Guidance Services
Education
Psychology
School Psychology

For example: Counselor Education - School Counseling and Guidance Services.

A program that prepares individuals to apply the theory and principles of guidance and counseling to the provision of support for the personal, social, educational, and vocational development of students, and the organizing of guidance services within elementary, middle and secondary educational institutions. Includes instruction in legal and professional requirements, therapeutic counselor intervention, vocational counseling, and related sociological and psychological foundations.

References

There are excellent web sites that provide match careers to your degree. University web sites list web pages that match majors/ degrees to the following areas –

Common Career Paths
Employers
Strategies
Common Employers
Getting Started and Advancing Steps
Professional Associations
Occupational Outlook
Employment Opportunities
Related Resources

The most common reference resource is https://whatcanidowiththismajor.com/ from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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What Can I Do With This Major. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, https://whatcanidowiththismajor.com/ 2023 This web site is used by many universities!
What Can I Do With A Majors UC Berkeley. Career Engagement https://career.berkeley.edu/start-exploring/majors-to-career/what-can-i-do-with-a-major-in/, 2025
What Can I Do With This Major? University Career Center, University of Michigan, Youtube video!
What Can I Do With This Major? Youtube Video University of North Texas video
What Can I Do With A Major In...? Loyola University Maryland https://www.loyola.edu/department/career-center/resources/major-career-exploration/majors/
What Can I Do With A Major In? Middle Tennessee State University, 2025 https://www.mtsu.edu/career/majors/