A liberal arts education prepares you for the challenges of a changing and unpredictable world, equipping you with the skills to communicate, debate, solve problems and think critically. Here's a sampling of careers paths for international studies majors.
First Jobs
- Financial consultant, RBC Dain Rauscher, Stamford, Connecticut
- Production assistant, Tomorrow Films, Beverly Hills, California
- Program coordinator, The Fresh Air Fund, New York
- Small business development assistant, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Washington
- English teacher, France
- Peace Corps, West Africa
- Development coordinator/assistant to the vice president & director, Brookings Institution
- Junior fellow for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Japan Studies Program
- Fulbright English teaching assistant in Madrid, Spain
- Spanish teacher, Pomfret School, Connecticut
- Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
- Samuel Huntington Public Service Award recipient and developer of a library and literacy tutoring program, Nairobi, Kenya
- Bilingual assistant, Middlebury Chinese Summer School, Middlebury, Vermont
- English teacher, Peace Corps, Mongolia
- English teaching assistant, Fulbright, Malaysia
- Law, technical, and legal writing specialist, Hudson Immigration, Pittsburgh
Careers
- Editor, This American Life
- Managing director, David Stine Woodworking, Dow, Illinois
- Latin American analyst, U.S. Department of State, Washington
- Freelance writer, Giant Squid Productions, Tacoma, Washington
- Red Cross board of directors, American Red Cross, Greenwich, Connecticut
- Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington
- Pediatrician, The Floating Hospital, New York
- VP for finance and administration, Oberlin College, Avon Lake, Ohio
- Counterterrorism analyst, Department of Defense, Washington
- Senior writer, Investigations, CNN, Denver, Colorado
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