What Can You Do with a Degree in Classics or Letters?

We recently asked our alumni to tell us what they have been doing since graduation. Here's a sample of the job titles that they have held:

• Armed Forces Officer
• Assistant Chief Counsel, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Assistant General Counsel for Hobby Lobby
• Assistant General Counsel for Panda Energy and Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling
• Assistant Library Director, Ardmore Public Library
• Assistant Professor of Geography, Oklahoma State University
• Associate Dean in the Pamplin Business School at the University of Portland
• Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Comparative and International Education, College of Education, Lehigh University
• Banker
• Battalion Communications Officer
• Bible Instructor & Baseball/Football Coach at Oklahoma Bible Academy in Enid, Oklahoma
• Big-Rig Truck Driver
• Case Worker with non-profit organization
• Chief of Staff for the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security
• Chief of Vascular Surgery at CoxHealth
• Consultant
• Contract Writer
• Creative Director
• Curator of Fine Prints for the Library of Congress
• Dance Instructor
• Defense Counsel with the Office of Chief Defense Counsel for the Department of Defense
• Detective, Chicago Police Department
• Director of Advising & Student Services, University College, Washington University in St. Louis
• Director of Professional Development, Public Relations and Gifted/Talented Program in a public school system
• Director of Public Information
• Director of Sales Operations for Stericycle
• Director of Student Aid Systems for StudentAid.com
• Entrepreneur
• Executive Assistant at an Internet Marketing Firm
• Executive Assistant for Hobby Lobby
• Executive Coordinator, District Attorneys Council
• Executive Director of Advanced Placement and Gifted Education
• Field Supervisor for an alternative education program in Texas
• Film Director
• Foreign Service Officer with US Agency for International Development
• General Counsel to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
• General Counsel, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company
• Graphic Designer
• Head Librarian at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP in Atlanta, GA
• High School English Teacher
• High School Latin Teacher
• In-house Counsel for the FDIC in the Dallas Regional Office
• Information Technology Professional and Technical Editor
• Internal Auditor for a Pet Speciality Retailer
• Investment Banker, Summit Investment Group
• Journalist
• Junior High Geography Teacher
• Landscape Architect
• Learning Consultant for Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
• Librarian/Asst. Professor of Bibliography, Western History Collections, OU
• Machinist
• Managing Director of The PrivateBank in Chicago
• Owner of a telecommunications design and installation company
• Owner, Wilshire Garden Market
• Park Historian at Historical Washington State Park
• Pediatric Occupational Therapist
• Pilates Instructor
• Production Manager, Whitney English, LLC
• Professor of Classics, Allegheny College
• Professor of Classics, Ohio State University
• Professor of English, Texas State University
• Professor of History, University of South Carolina
• Professor of History, University of Texas, Austin
• Professor of Law, University of Indiana
• Professor of Law, University of Mississippi School of Law
• Professor of Medicine and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
• Program Manager for the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence
• Psychologist
• Real Estate Entrepreneur
• Real Estate Underwriter
• Realtor
• Reference/Instruction/Outreach Librarian, Valdosta State University
• Regional Service Manager for an Electronic Gaming Company
• Research Librarian for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Sales Assistant for an Investment Bank
• Second Assistant Attorney General for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
• Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church of Broken Arrow, OK
• Sports Marketing Event Manager
• Tactical Officer in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, West Point
• Teacher Leader for Reading Recovery
• Teacher, Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School
• Technical Advisor for Client Relations at Eurosport
• Technical Writer
• Trial Attorney, Department of Justice
• Trial Court Judge
• US State Department Foreign Service Officer
• Vice President of an Oil Drilling Company
• Vice President of Development for San Antonio Symphony
• Voting Operations Analyst
• Writer

Browse through these links to learn more about what you can do with a degree in Classics and Letters:

• Forbes.com on the importance of an education in the Classics.
• "Classics Majors Find Their Future in the Past": An article from Psychology Today.
• "What To Do with a Classics Degree": A blog posting at Rogueclassicism.com
• What can I do with Classics and Letters? (OU Career Services)
• Career services for students in the College of Arts and Sciences at OU

What will you do with a degree in Classics or Letters? Visit with one of our academic advisors to start answering that question.