Spanish Careers & Graduate Study
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)