Careers
Women’s Studies proves beneficial in a wide range of fields. After graduation, many of our majors attend graduate school, while others find employment in government and non profit agencies and organizations, as well as in private business. Some examples of places where recent grads have gone:
Sample first jobs
- Private Client Services Associate at Neuberger Berman Financial
- Clinic Assistant at PP of Southeastern New England
- Park Ranger
- Field Organizer, Warren for President
- Development Coordinator at GLADD
- NPR
- Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
- Community Outreach Specialist at Planned Parenthood League of MA
- Paralegal, Chisholm, Chisholm & Kirkpatrick
- Women’s Funding Network
- YWCA
- Homeland Security
- FEMA
- Big Sister Association
- Lower East Side Harm REduction Center
- City Year
- National Organization for Women
- Peace Corps
- Groupon
- Americorps
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Planned Parenthood
- Teaching
- Teaching Internationally (Spain)
Sample graduate schools
- Columbia University
- U Mass Amherst (Public Health MA)
- Carnegie Mellon University (Public Policy)
- Emory (public health)
- Brooklyn Law School
- Albany Law School
- Case Western Reserve
- London School of Economics
- University of Minnesota Law School
Women’s Studies alumni
Please take a moment to send us an email and let us know how you have been using your Women’s Studies major since you graduated from Wheaton!