Dr. Maples' series highlights nine different examples of utilizing YOUR degree to kickstart a new career.
What can you do with a Sociology Degree?
B.A. SOCIOLOGY
- Service Agencies
- Personnel & Human Resources
- Private Businesses
- Health Care
- Federal Investigative Agencies (ATF, DEA, FBI, Customs, IRS, Secret Service, US Marshals)
- State Investigators
- Federal, State, and Local Probation/Parole Officers
- Corporate Investigators, Insurance Fraud
- Rehabilitation/Counseling Programs
- Corrections Administration
- Police Departments, Detective Work
- Graduate School
- Law School
Jobs held by our alumni
B.A. Sociology
- Human Resources Manager
- Partner in Literacy Agency
- Mayor
- Hospital Administrator
- Museum Director
- Director, YMCA
- Community Service Researcher
- Rape Crisis Worker
- Head Start Administrator
- City Police Officer, University Police Officer
- Detective
- Investigators: Corporate, Insurance Fraud, Court, ATF, Military
- FBI Agent
- DEA Agent
- Special Agent, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Glendale, CA
- Probation Officer
- Counselors: Safe Landings, Youth, Drug Rehab, Planned Parenthood, Battered Women's Shelter
- Data Analysis for Breakthrough Schools, Cleveland, Ohio
- Assistant Professor, NC Agricultural & Technical State University
- Asst. Professor of Criminology at Eastern Connecticut State University
- Data Analyst for Florida Public Schools
- Data and Research Analyst for Forsyth Futures, a non-profit in Winston-Salem, NC.
- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Dept of Social, Cultural, and Justice Studies, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Executive Director, Research Strategy at Sharecare in GA
- Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Advising for Sociology
Contact BCAS Academic Advising for more career info:
Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences
Academic Advising
College of Arts & Sciences building, Room 118
330-972-7880
Career search assistance
UA's Career Center helps sociology majors and alumni with searches.