<p>I’m in high school and I’m curious to see if what you major is closely correlated with what you do in the ‘real world.’</p>
<p>Please list any degrees you have received (include bachelors, masters, PhD, etc), the university you received it from, and the job you currently have. Thanks!</p>
<p>BA in political science, University of Washington
MPA in public finance, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington</p>
<p>Current job: City Treasurer</p>
<p>Prior positions: Deputy City Treasurer, City Auditor, Budget & Audit Manager</p>
<p>No correlation at all.
BA in American Studies from Queens College (City University of NY)
Masters in nursing from Pace University. Job - nurse practitioner.</p>
<p>Husband has BA in French from Middlebury College and is an acupuncturist.</p>
<p>Hmm, kind of a personal question, so I don’t think I’ll name the colleges.
But-BS Engineering, MS Aeronautical Science, Airline pilot.
Some correlation, I suppose.</p>
<p>Not much correlation here either.</p>
<p>H: BA in International Affairs, Lafayette College
currently Project Manager in Strategic Planning for a financial services company</p>
<p>Me: BA in Economics, Lafayette College
currently part-time admin in a public school system. (I started out in banking, but took 8 years off to be a full-time mom, and only returned to the working world on a part-time basis).</p>
<p>I would never have guessed where I ended up… Went to top 20 private uni on lots of financial aid determined to major in classics (Latin and Greek) and become professor. Quickly changed to BA dual major in Latin American studies and Poli Sci with certificate in Marxist studies (I kid you not!–almost killed my father). Went to prestigious land grant Uni on full ride to do MA Latin American Studies, MS Agricultural Economics, planned to get PhD in AgEcon from land grant university and work as an agricultural extension agent in developing country… but met boy of dreams got married and had kid in quick succession and sudden need to be practical so PhD in Econometrics in urban, private university…now, public sector financial economist. Very happy and particularly glad I took the indirect route to my field…only took one econ course as an undergrad and thought it was “obvious, boring, and thoroughly bourgeois” and preferred to use my undergrad years reading spanish literature, taking statistics and math courses because they were fun, study abroad in Latin America and collecting adventures and great stories…</p>
<p>Now am parent of HS senior strongly encouraging kid to do a liberal arts undergrad–DO NOT do a business degree, or accounting, or economics or engineering only…you won’t be much fun to talk to when you are 45! You can be anything you want to be no matter how you start your undergrad studies…just make sure you come out of your undergrad years with an open mind, good writing and analytical thinking skills and you can do anything.</p>
<p>BA in sociology and economics at no-name state u. on full-ride. Masters in econ. at another state u. MBA and PhD from tippy top. Professor at Ivy then chair professor and administrator in well regarded state. Who knew? </p>
<p>Spouse with obscure specialty engineering degree from highly regarded public school by way of ROTC, military career in a completely different field, then after an engineering masters and a PhD in yet a totally different field, is a professor in an obscure field of study that is unrelated to everything before the PhD.</p>
<p>BA in American Studies, UC Santa Cruz
MA in Broadcast Journalism, USC</p>
<p>News writer (Part time, by choice, formerly on staff) at major network O&O</p>
<p>Degree is in Architecture. Went right from graduation to software development and have stayed there since. I wonder if I could still calculate plumbing requirements for a high-rise :-)</p>
<p>Hmm, I think I’m OK to talk to, and I got a BS in Architectural Engineering and MS in Engineering. I couldn’t have gone to grad school in structures without a BS degree.</p>
<p>I met DH in grad school, and now we run our own consulting engineering firm out of our home. I do some engineering, all the AutoCAD work, and most of the bookkeeping. I also play piano and love to read. :o)</p>
<p>Indiana91, lol on the plumbing requirements. I took plumbing before I took fluids and was totally confused. I’m glad I’ve never had to do any plumbing design since school!</p>
<p>My degrees always led directly to jobs, but I kept changing…</p>
<p>BS Microbiology, minor in chemistry: job as medical technologist in chemistry departments of large teaching hospitals</p>
<p>JD: job as a corporate lawyer</p>
<p>Last 20 years: stay at home mom, tennis player and big time volunteer.</p>
<p>Last 7 months: empty nester–next stage??? Who knows…</p>
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<p>Hmm…these two statements are in conflict. You’re labelling a bunch of majors as causing people to be boring and then saying that a person should have an open mind when you graduate.</p>
<p>Students really should choose majors not based on a parents perception of who is boring and who is fun in the world but based on what their skills are and how they can contribute to the world. You choose your major based on your interests and goals in life; employers (or clients) choose to hire you based on their needs.</p>
<p>BS Biophysics, BSEE from UCs
MSIS from a CalState - the first degree I think I actually understood.</p>
<p>I worked in defense, semiconductors, taught at a JC, and currently write/enforce energy policy.</p>
<p>Some people think I’m interesting to talk to. At least they pretend they do.</p>
<p>BS Mechanical Engineering (2nd Tier State School)
MBA (Top 10)</p>
<p>I worked at a shipyard that overhauled nuclear submarines, a fortune 100 technology company that made computers and then a tiny but now medium size publicly traded company that makes energy efficient lighting.</p>
<p>Have been in electircal engineering (BS, worked for 11 years, did not like it).
Went to CC - got job as computer programmer, verious employers paid for BS + MBA. Work in IT, love it a lot, not just a job, great entertainment.</p>
<p>Me- Attended cc, transferred to mid size midwestern university. BS in Biology.Worked as a medical technologist for 5 years, went back to a different cc and took classes to qualify to sit for CPA exam. Spent several years in accounting in management.</p>
<p>Now work in staff accounting job and love it.</p>
<p>H- Graduated from a service academy. Also has an MBA. Works for large defense contractor.</p>
<p>BA Political Science CTCL college, MBA and employed in marketing communications for over three decades. Love it. I originally entered undergraduate intending to be a lawyer, took the LSAT and the GMATs, ended up deciding on an MBA program.</p>
<p>BA Biology, MS Food Science, both from Cornell.</p>
<p>I am a science writer and editor, currently working for a government contractor. I never intended to do this type of work; in fact, until graduate school, I didn’t even know that I could write. I had hoped for a career in the food industry, but when I lost a job there, I took a science writing job with a nonprofit organization, and I have been doing that sort of work ever since. It turned out to be a good choice; it was something that I could do on a part-time freelance basis when my kids were young and then go back to on a full-time basis later.</p>
<p>My master’s degree (and the specific field of study) were the main reasons why I got my first science writing job. The organization specifically wanted someone with a knowledge of food and nutrition. Later on, the specific fields of my degrees have been mostly irrelevant (in fact, some employers would prefer an English or communications degree), but the fact that I have a master’s degree has been helpful; some employers in my field want advanced degrees, even if they aren’t directly relevant to the work.</p>
<p>Me: BS Business Admin, MSW, currently in MBA. Currently hospital administrator, future- something related, but not sure. Since college I have been interested in the service sector-specifically human services- and business. My first job out of college was selling computers on Wall Street. I was miserable. I got more in touch with the social work side of my interest, did the clinical thing after graduating from the MSW, missed the business, then got more into administration. It’s taken me a while to knit together all my interests. It’s not easy being back in school in my 50’s, but I am refreshing my B-skills and seeing the world from a younger, more tech-driven perspective.
Significant Other: BA English, JD- she is a lawyer.</p>
<p>BS in genetic engineering technology; minor in chemsitry</p>
<p>Worked in medical research for about 8 years, was a teacher assistant for 5 years, taught HS science for 2 years and now a library assistant at a community college for the past 3+ years - SAHM for times in between</p>
<p>I have thought about going back into a lab but technology has changed so much - I’d be lost! I really want to go back to school and get an advanced degree - possibly a MLS</p>
<p>I think it’s interesting how many on this thread have re-invented themselves - KUDOS! I’m still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up 
LOL Youngest heads off to college next fall so I will get my chance to explore options.</p>