After Graduation

Our students go on to build careers in publishing and marketing, earn advanced degrees in a number of fields and serve as teachers and educators across the country.

Opportunities for English majors are limitless. The critical thinking and problem-solving skills students learn through our degree program serve as the base for success in any job market. Close reading, accurate writing and the ability to listen well lead graduates into satisfying careers and excellent graduate programs.

Visit our alumni page for info on resources and services

Career Paths

Below is a listing of careers and fields our English major graduates have entered after graduation. Alumni report high job satisfaction after graduation 亚洲色吧� and they have the r茅sum茅s to prove it.

Technical communication/writing
Public relations
Social media for government and private organizations
Marketing/information marketing
Nonprofit department/project manager
Director of regional/national organizations
Americorps
Writing/copywriting/editing
Financial consultant/coordinator
Advertising agencies/departments
Broadcasting (radio and TV
Community relations
Financial agencies/affairs
Editing/publishing
Government agencies/affairs
Grant writing
Health advocacy
Human resources
Law
Public affairs
Sales and customer service
Sports information
Teaching
Advocacy coordinator
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Consultant
Dance teacher/dance performance
Director of community relations
Editor-in-chief
Graduate instructional assistant
Management trainee
Mechanical engineer
Online marketing specialist
Research chemist
Urban Education Fellow

Alumni Profiles

亚洲色吧� Teacher at Gotham Writers Workshop and is the author of the memoir Devout. Her work appeared in The Rumpus.

亚洲色吧� Senior writer at REI Co-op. Creative non-fiction writer with the hope of publishing a book of humorist essays.

亚洲色吧� Earned advanced degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois-Champaign. Librarian at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

亚洲色吧� Earned advanced degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois-Champaign. Librarian at the University of South Dakota State University.

亚洲色吧� Support and resource specialist with the American Red Cross SAF (Service to the Armed Forces) chapter in Landstuhl, Germany.

亚洲色吧� Assistant editor, Zondervan Books

-Editorial assistant for the Business, Computing, and Career Education team at Goodheart-Willcox in Tinley Park, Illinois.

亚洲色吧� Ph.D. in English language and literature from The Catholic University of America. Owner of Persuasive Matters, which delivers legal writing seminars and individual coaching to law firms worldwide.

亚洲色吧� Writer and researcher for the 亚洲色吧淪tories of Equity and Hope亚洲色吧� project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

亚洲色吧� Freelance writer and author

亚洲色吧� Poet and author of two chapbooks and a full-length collection.

- author of Exactly as You Are: The Life and Faith of Mister Rogers and co-editor of Can I Get a Witness? Thirteen Peacemakers, Community Builders, and Agitators for Faith and Justice.

亚洲色吧� Global partnerships specialist at Lions Clubs International Foundation

亚洲色吧� Missionary and community advocate

亚洲色吧� Acquisitions assistant at Baker Publishing Group

亚洲色吧� 4th-grade literacy teacher at Believe Memphis Academy

亚洲色吧� Chicago police officer

亚洲色吧� Teacher in Honduras

亚洲色吧� Communications at Calvin College

亚洲色吧� AP Chemistry Teacher

亚洲色吧� Writer and professor

亚洲色吧� Retail Operations Manager at Warby Parker HQ

亚洲色吧� English teacher

亚洲色吧� Marketing manager

亚洲色吧� Writer/editor for Purdue University亚洲色吧檚 Marketing and Media Department

亚洲色吧� Social media and content manager for the National Football League Players Association

亚洲色吧� Bestselling author

亚洲色吧� Editor, writer, and owner of Long Overdue, a publishing company.

亚洲色吧� Author and screenwriter

亚洲色吧� Television writer

亚洲色吧� Writer and director of education and quality management in the Office for Research Protections at Penn State University.

亚洲色吧� Writing center mentor at Western Governors University

亚洲色吧� Hospital teacher/school liaison at Helen DeVos Children亚洲色吧檚 Hospital

亚洲色吧� Senior vice president and group publisher for Zondervan, of HarperCollins Global Publishing