Spanish Careers & Graduate Study

Spanish careers

A college degree in Spanish from Cornell opens doors for a diverse set of career opportunities including:
  • Teaching
  • Translating and interpreting
  • Social Services
  • Tourism
  • Department of State
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • United Nations
  • NGOs
  • Business and Industry
  • International law
  • Health services
  • Peace Corps
  • Foreign Service
  • Anthropology
  • Bilingual education

Alumni careers

A few of the locations where recent graduates are working include:

  • Americorps Vista, People Working Cooperatively, Inc., and deposit review specialist, Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio (Class of 2015)
  • Individual investor specialist, Principal Financial Group, Grand Island, Nebraska (Class of 2014)
  • Manager development program-service, GEICO, Dallas, Texas (Class of 2014)
  • Residential counselor, Family Resources, Carpinteria, California (Class of 2013)
  • ESL instructor, Nashville, Tennessee (Class of 2013)
  • Career outreach coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Class of 2012)
  • Professional dance instructor, Dance New York, Martelle, Iowa (Class of 2012)
  • Coordinator of development and marketing, YouthCARE, Minneapolis (Class of 2012)
  • Leadership development program associate, Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa (Class of 2012)
  • Public relations account director, Wisconsin Leadership Seminars, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Class of 2012)
  • Yoga instructor/ESL instructor/actress, Buena Onda Yoga, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Class of 2011)
  • Reiki Master Teacher & Practitioner, Intuitive Consciousness Guide, Teas for Healing and Dreams, Denver, Colorado (Class of 2011)
  • Intern adoption specialist, The Adoption Exchange, Denver, Colorado (Class of 2011)
  • High school teacher, Lisbon Community School District, Lisbon, Iowa (Class of 2011)
  • English tutor, Rome, Italy (Class of 2010)
  • Professional hosting consultant, Go Daddy, LLC, Hiawatha, Iowa (Class of 2009)
  • Fourth grade teacher, Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Class of 2009)

Graduate schools attended

  • M.A., international relations and national security studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (Class of 2014)
  • O.D., University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, Texas (Class of 2013)
  • Podiatry student, Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa (Class of 2013)
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Class of 2013)
  • M.A., Sports Administration and Business Administration, Ohio University (Class of 2012)
  • M.D., University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City (Class of 2012)
  • M.S., education, higher education and student affairs, Indiana University-Bloomington (Class of 2012)
  • Ph.D., counseling psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City (Class of 2010)
  • Ph.D., molecular and cellular biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City (Class of 2009)
  • M.D., Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri (Class of 2009)
  • M.D., University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas (Class of 2007)
  • M. Div., religion, ministry, theology, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut (Class of 2005)