This is a very complicated issue, because some fields of study connect very directly to specific career fields, while others may not have intrinsic connections, though lead to impressive and stable career options. For example, a major in Architecture or Education will prepare a student for graduate study in the field or jobs as an architect or teacher. However, students with these majors, and the skills attained from their studies, may also seek positions in fields similar, but not directly connected, to those degrees. The architect might opt to teach art in a private school and the education major may get a job as a consultant at a textbook publishing company.

Majors without clear “links” to specific career fields, however, offer students content knowledge and transferable skills that prove highly competitive both in employment and graduate study. Career Development distributes and analyzes a post-graduate survey that details the activities of our students after their time at MountUnionCollege. This can give you a picture of what students from different disciplines have accomplished with their majors.