What can I do as an Education Studies Major?

What can I do with this major?

There are many career opportunities in the field of education besides becoming a classroom teacher. Education is a constantly growing field and global policy priority. Visionary leaders as well as professionals working behind the scenes on important education issues are in high demand.

Graduates will be prepared for positions such as:

Data analyst at the NYC Department of Education
Operations Coordinator for various charter schools
NYU College Advising Corps
Survey Coordinator for RAND
Program Associate at Room to Read
College Counselor for AmeriCorps
Research Assistant for the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools
Volunteer for the Peace Corps
Program Manager at City Year
Board Member at various local school districts
Campaigner at Amnesty International
Social Entrepreneur at your own start-up educational non-profit
eLearning Specialist, NYU

This major is also appropriate if you are interested in graduate study in law, education, social work, policy, media, or business.

Alumni in Action BA, Education StudiesAlthough the Education Studies program is relatively new and therefore we have limited numbers of graduates, they are growing in number each year.

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