Careers
Looking for a path to your dream job? Need some career ideas? Learn more about these careers and find WVU majors that can prepare you for them.
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Explore a variety of careers and the WVU pathways that will lead you to them.
- Accountants and Auditors
- Actors
- Actuaries
- Acute Care Nurses
- Adapted Physical Education Specialists
- Advertising and Promotions Managers
- Advertising Sales Agents
- Aerospace Engineers
- Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Agricultural Technicians
- Animal Caretakers
- Animal Scientists
- Anthropologists and Archeologists
- Archivists
- Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
- Art Directors
- Art Therapists
- Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
- Astronomers
- Athletes and Sports Competitors
- Athletic Trainers
- Audio and Video Technicians
- Audiologists
- Automotive Engineers
- Biochemists and Biophysicists
- Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Biofuels Production Managers
- Bioinformatics Scientists
- Bioinformatics Technicians
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Biological Technicians
- Biologists
- Biostatisticians
- Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
- Broadcast Technicians
- Budget Analysts
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Chemical Engineers
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
- Chemists
- Chief Executives
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Childcare Workers
- Chiropractors
- Choreographers
- Civil Engineers
- Climate Change Policy Analysts
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Clinical Data Managers
- Clinical Neuropsychologists
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Coaches and Scouts
- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Community Health Workers
- Compliance Managers
- Computer and Information Research Scientists
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Computer Hardware Engineers
- Computer Network Architects
- Computer Network Support Specialists
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Conservation Scientists
- Construction Managers
- Coroners
- Craft Artists
- Credit Analysts
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
- Critical Care Nurses
- Curators
- Customer Service Representatives
- Customs and Border Protection Officers
- Dancers
- Data Scientists
- Database Administrators
- Database Architects
- Demonstrators and Product Promoters
- Dental Hygienists
- Dentists, General
- Desktop Publishers
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Dietetic Technicians
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
- Economists
- Editors
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
- Electrical Engineers
- Electronics Engineers
- Elementary School Teachers
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
- Emergency Management Directors
- Energy Engineers
- Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
- English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Environmental Economists
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Restoration Planners
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
- Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
- Epidemiologists
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Exercise Physiologists
- Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
- Family Medicine Physicians
- Farm and Home Management Educators
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
- Fashion Designers
- Film and Video Editors
- Financial and Investment Analysts
- Financial Examiners
- Financial Managers
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Financial Risk Specialists
- Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
- Fire Inspectors and Investigators
- First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
- First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Fishing and Hunting Workers
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
- Food Scientists and Technologists
- Food Service Managers
- Forensic Science Technicians
- Forest and Conservation Technicians
- Forest and Conservation Workers
- Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists
- Foresters
- Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
- Freight Forwarders
- Fundraisers
- General and Operations Managers
- Genetic Counselors
- Geneticists
- Geographers
- Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians
- Geological Technicians
- Geoscientists
- Graphic Designers
- Health and Safety Engineers
- Health Education Specialists
- Health Informatics Specialists
- Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
- Healthcare Social Workers
- Healthcare Support Workers
- Hearing Aid Specialists
- Historians
- Histotechnologists
- Home Health Aides
- Human Resources Specialists
- Hydrologists
- Industrial Ecologists
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Industrial Engineers
- Industrial Production Managers
- Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
- Information Security Analysts
- Information Technology Project Managers
- Instructional Coordinators
- Insurance Sales Agents
- Insurance Underwriters
- Intelligence Analysts
- Interior Designers
- Interpreters and Translators
- Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
- Landscape Architects
- Lawyers
- Legislators
- Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
- Loan Officers
- Logistics Analysts
- Management Analysts
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
- Marketing Managers
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Materials Engineers
- Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Mathematicians
- Mechanical Engineers
- Mechatronics Engineers
- Media Programming Directors
- Media Technical Directors/Managers
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
- Medical and Health Services Managers
- Medical Records Specialists
- Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Mental Health Counselors
- Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
- Microbiologists
- Microsystems Engineers
- Middle School Teachers
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists
- Museum Technicians and Conservators
- Music Directors and Composers
- Music Therapists
- Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
- Musicians and Singers
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Naturopathic Physicians
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Neuropsychologists
- News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Nurse Midwives
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Online Merchants
- Operations Research Analysts
- Optometrists
- Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Park Naturalists
- Personal Care Aides
- Personal Financial Advisors
- Petroleum Engineers
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Aides
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Photographers
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
- Physical Scientists, All Other
- Physical Therapists
- Physician Assistants
- Physicists
- Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
- Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
- Police Identification and Records Officers
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Political Scientists
- Precision Agriculture Technicians
- Preschool Teachers
- Preventive Medicine Physicians
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
- Producers and Directors
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
- Project Management Specialists
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
- Psychiatric Aides
- Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
- Public Relations Managers
- Public Relations Specialists
- Quality Control Systems Managers
- Range Managers
- Real Estate Brokers
- Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
- Recreation Workers
- Recreational Therapists
- Registered Nurses
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
- Residential Advisors
- Respiratory Therapists
- Robotics Engineers
- Sales Engineers
- Sales Managers
- Sales Representatives of Services
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
- School Psychologists
- Search Marketing Strategists
- Secondary School Teachers
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
- Security Management Specialists
- Security Managers
- Self-Enrichment Teachers
- Social and Community Service Managers
- Social and Human Service Assistants
- Social Science Research Assistants
- Sociologists
- Software Developers
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Soil and Plant Scientists
- Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors
- Sound Engineering Technicians
- Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
- Sports Medicine Physicians
- Statistical Assistants
- Statisticians
- Supply Chain Managers
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Sustainability Specialists
- Talent Directors
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
- Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School
- Technical Writers
- Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
- Tour Guides and Escorts
- Transportation Engineers
- Transportation Planners
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
- Tree Trimmers and Pruners
- Tutors
- Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Validation Engineers
- Veterinarians
- Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
- Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
- Video Game Designers
- Web and Digital Interface Designers
- Wholesale and Retail Buyers
- Wind Energy Development Managers
- Wind Energy Engineers
- Writers and Authors
- Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
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