While it’s acceptable to not know what you want to do with your life after college, if you do know and are unsure of which degree to pursue, the table below can assist you in determining which degree will best prepare you for that path. After graduation, additional education could be necessary for some of these professions. These are by no means the only employment available to you, but they’re a terrific place to start.
| Career type | Degrees to lead you there |
| Accounting | Accounting, maths, economics |
| Acting | Drama, dance, performing arts |
| Advertising | Advertising, business, management, communications, English, marketing, communication, media studies, graphic design, illustration, fine art |
| Air cabin crew | Hospitality management, languages, leisure and tourism, travel |
| Archaeologist | Archaeology, ancient history, geography, history, sociology, Classics |
| Barrister | Law |
| Broadcast journalist | Journalism, business, finance, economics, politics |
| Building surveyor | Economics, geography, languages, mathematics, science, social sciences, urban and land studies |
| Charity worker | Business, management, finance, accounting, languages, computer science, engineering |
| Dancer | Dance, theatre studies |
| Dentist | Dentistry |
| Dietician | Life sciences, human physiology, biochemistry |
| Digital marketing | Advertising, media studies, communications, business, journalism, marketing |
| Doctor | Medicine |
| Ecologist | Life sciences, biology, botany, environmental management, geography, marine biology, zoology |
| Economist | Economics, mathematics |
| Engineer | Engineering (all forms), mathematics, physics |
| Environmental worker | Chemistry, ecology, geology, environmental engineering, geography |
| Estate agent | Business, estate management, property development, surveying, urban and land studies |
| Events | Business, event management, leisure and tourism, marketing |
| Facilities manager | Building management, business studies, construction, hospitality, management, surveying |
| Farm manager | Agriculture, horticulture, land or estate management |
| Fashion designer | Fashion, textiles, graphic design, fashion marketing, art and design |
| Forensic scientist | Biological sciences, chemistry, forensic science |
| Game developer | Animation, computer science, graphic design, mathematics, physics, software engineering |
| GP | Medicine |
| Graphic designer | Film/television, fine art, graphic design, illustration, photography |
| Health and safety | Engineering, environmental health, physical and applied sciences |
| Heritage | Archaeology, education, geography, museum studies, history, marketing |
| Hotel management | Business with languages, business, management, hotel and hospitality, travel, tourism and leisure studies |
| Human resources | Business with languages, business, management, human resources, psychology, sociology |
| Illustrator | Graphic design, illustration, fine art, fashion |
| Insurance | Business, management, economics, marketing, mathematics |
| Interpreter | Linguistics, modern languages, translation and interpreting |
| IT | Business studies, computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering |
| Magazine/newspaper journalist | Journalism, English |
| Make-up artist | Fashion, theatrical and media hair and make-up |
| Marketing | Advertising, business, management, media and communications, IT, computer science, marketing, psychology |
| Museum curator | History, history of art, languages, English literature |
| Nurse/midwife | Nursing, midwifery |
| Nutrition | Dietetics, food, nutrition and health |
| Office manager | Business administration, business management, computing and IT, human resource management |
| Optician | Optometry |
| Paramedic | Paramedic science |
| Pharmacist | Pharmacy, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, biomedical science, pharmacology |
| Photographer | Art and design, fine art, graphics, media studies, photography |
| Teacher | Education, physical and life sciences, humanities, social sciences |
| Production manager | Biochemistry, business, management, chemistry, engineering, food science, physics |
| Public relations | English, creative writing, business, management, marketing, social sciences, politics |
| Publishing | Publishing, media and communications, English |
| Quantity surveyor | Construction, engineering, economics, geography, mathematics |
| Retail | Business |
| Sales | Business, management, marketing, computing, engineering, technology, media studies |
| Social work | Law, politics, social care, social sciences |
| Solicitor | Law |
| Sports | Health science, sports science |
| Statistician | Economics, geography, mathematics, psychology |
| Theatre | Drama, theatre studies, performing arts, music |
| Tourism | Tourism management, marketing, business, journalism, languages, media studies |
| Translation | Languages, linguistics, English |
| Vet | Veterinary science, biology, zoology |
| Writer | Communication and media studies, creative writing, English, journalism, performing arts |
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