Federal Jobs by College Major To help you choose the right career field, we have prepared the following table that groups Federal jobs that are often filled by college graduates with appropriate academic majors. As you study the table, please keep these facts in mind: (1) The jobs listed under each major are usually examples, not an all-inclusive list. (2) Many jobs do not require a college degree; job-related experience is just as good. And (3), you can qualify for a large number of administrative jobs with a degree in any academic major. To illustrate this third point, we are leading off the table with a list of some of the most popular jobs for which any major is qualifying. ANY MAJOR Civil Rights Analyst Personnel occupations Administrative Officer Analyst Logistics Paralegal Specialist Contract Representative Claims Examining Public Affairs Writing and Editing Internal Revenue Officer Contract Administration General Investigator Air Traffic Controller Supply ACCOUNTING Accountants Auditors Contract Financial Managers Financial Financial Institution GAO Financial Auditors Intelligence Internal Revenue Agents AGRICULTURE Agricultural Commodity Graders Agricultural Engineers Agricultural Mgmt. Spec. Agricultural Program Spec. Agricultural Market Reporters Agricultural Marketing Spec. Foreign Agriculture Affairs Soil AGRONOMY Agronomists Agricultural Mgmt. Spec. Soil ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropologists Museum ARCHEOLOGY Archaeologists Museum ARCHITECTURE Architects Construction Construction Control Inspector. Landscape Architects Naval Architects ARTS, FINE AND APPLIED Arts Audio-Visual Production Recreation and Creative Arts Exhibits General Arts and Information Illustrators Photographers Visual Information ASTRONOMY Astronomers and Space AVIATION Air Safety Investigators Air Traffic Controllers Aircraft Operators Aviation Safety Inspectors Air Navigators Aircrew BIOLOGY General Biological Entomologists Fishery Biologists Microbiologists Range Conservationists Zoologists BOTANY Agronomists Botanists Forestry Geneticists Horticulturists Plant Pathologists Plant Physiologists Plant Protection and Quarantine Range Conservationists BUSINESS Budget Spec. Import Internal Revenue Officers Miscellaneous Administrative and Programs Quality Assurance Trade Contract CARTOGRAPHY Cartographic Geodetic CHEMISTRY Chemical Engineers Chemists Environmental Engineers Page 1 of 5
Intelligence COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications Managers Communications Public Affairs Technical Writers and Editors CORRECTIONS Correctional Institution Correctional Officers COUNSELING Chaplains Educ. and Vocational Training Personnel Psychologists Psychology Aids and Vocational Rehab Spec. Equal Opportunity Compliance Educational Services CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LAW ENFORCEMENT Criminal Investigators Game Law Enfc. Agents Internal Revenue Officers Police Officers United States Marshals DIETETICS AND NUTRITION Dietitians Nutritionists ECONOMICS Budget Contract Economists Financial Financial Instit. Loan Trade Transportation Industrial EDUCATION Education and Training Educ. and Vocational Training Vocational Rehab. Educational Program Employee Dev. Public Health Educators Training Instructors Instructional Systems Educational Services ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Communications Electronics Patent Electronics Mechanics EMPLOYEE/LABOR RELATIONS Contractor Industrial Rel. Employee Relations Hearing and Appeals Labor Relations Labor Relations Mediators Salary and Wage Admin. Workers Compensation Claims ENGINEERING (ANY SPECIALTY) General Engineers Civil Engineers Mechanical Engineers Electrical Engineers Electronics Engineers Aerospace Engineers Industrial Engineers Nuclear Engineers Computer Engineers Biomedical Engineers (11 other Engineering fields) ENGLISH AND LITERATURE Editorial Printing Public Affairs Technical Programs ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Ecologists Programs EPIDEMIOLOGY Gen. Health Microbiologists FINANCE Appraisers and Assessors Budget Financial Financial Financial Institution Securities Compliance Tax Trade FISH, GAME, AND WILDLIFE Fishery Biologists Game Law Enforcement Agents Wildlife Rescue Managers General Biological Page 2 of 5
FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY Consumer Safety Inspectors Dietitian and Nutritionists Food Assistance Program FOREIGN LANGUAGE Air Safety Investigators Language Equal Employment Opportunity Foreign Affairs Foreign Agricultural Affairs Intelligence FORESTRY Foresters GEOGRAPHY Geographers GEOLOGY Geologists Oceanographers GEOPHYSICS Geophysicists HEALTH Gen. Health Health System Admin. Health System Spec. Public Health Programs Safety and Occup. Health HISTORY Archives Archivists Exhibits Historians Intelligence Programs HOME ECONOMICS Consumer Safety Officers HORTICULTURE Agricultural Mgt. Specialist Gen. Biological Horticulturists Plant Protection and Quaran. Plant Physiologists Programs HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION Administrative Officers Health System Health System Hospital Housekeepers Gen. Health Public Health Programs HUMAN RESOURCE Apprenticeship and Training Representatives Employee Dev. Equal Employment Opportunity Human Resource Specialist Military Pers. Mgmt. Spec. Personnel Staffing Spec. Position Classification HYDROLOGY Environmental Engineers INDUSTRIAL Business and Ind. Equipment Industrial Property Managers Industrial Production Controllers Property Disposal Quality Assurance INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Information Technology Computer Computer Programmers INSURANCE Crop Insurance Social Insurance Admin. Social Insurance Claims Examiner Unemployment Insurance Programs INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Foreign Affairs Foreign Agricult. Affairs Intelligence Language Public Affairs Trade International Relations Workers JOURNALISM Agricult. Market Reporters Printing Public Affairs Technical Writers and Editors LAW Administrative Law Judges Attorneys Hearing and Appeals Legal Instruments Paralegal Patent Attorneys Page 3 of 5
Tax Law LAW ENFORCEMENT Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Inspectors Criminal Investigators Game Law Enforcement Agents Immigration Inspectors Inspec., Invest. and Compliance Police Officers United States Marshals LIBERAL ARTS/HUMANITIES Contact Representatives Equal Opportunity Compliance Spec. Pers. Spec. Social Insurance Claims Veterans Claims Exam. Educ. Services Spec. LIBRARY SCIENCE Librarians Library Medical Record Librarians Technical Info. Services MGT. INFO. SYSTEMS Computer Science Computer Financial Managers Logistics Mgt. Programs, FACILITIES Correctional Institution Distrib. Facility and Storage Managers Equipment Facility Managers Gen. Facilities and Equip. Manager Industrial Property Managers Production Controllers Administrative Officers Logistics Mgt. Manpower Dev. Program Support Svcs. MARKETING Agric. Marketing Bond Sales Promotion Representatives Contract Inventory Mgt. Packaging Property Disposal Spec. Supply Trade MATHEMATICS Computer Science Mathematical Mathematicians MEDICAL SUPPORT Diagnostic Radiological Medical Instrument Medical Record Medical Nuclear Medicine Pathology Therapeutic Radiological METEOROLOGY Meteorologists NATURAL RESOURCE Fish and Wildlife Admin. Gen. Biological Wildlife Refuge NURSING Nurses Physician's PARK AND RECREATION Foresters Outdoor Recreation Planners Park Rangers Recreation PHARMACY Consumer Safety Inspectors Pharmacists Pharmacologists PHYSICAL EDUCATION Corrective Outdoor Recreation Planners Recreation Recreation Aids & Sports PHYSICAL SCIENCE Metallurgists Physicists PHYSICS Astronomers and Space Geophysicists Oceanographers Patent Physicists POLITICAL SCIENCE/GOVT Archivists Budget Historians Foreign Affairs Programs Public Affairs Social PSYCHOLOGY Employee Dev. Page 4 of 5
Personnel Spec. Psychologists Personnel Staffing Spec. Position Class. Educational Svcs. PUBLIC HEALTH Food Assistance Program Food Inspectors Health System Health System Public Health Programs Public Health Educators Social Insurance Admin. Veterans Claims PUBLIC ADMIN. Budget Employee Dev. Employee Relations Manpower Dev. Misc. Admin and Programs Public Utilities Spec. PUBLIC RELATIONS Contact Representatives Foreign Affairs Foreign Agricult. Affairs Public Affairs PURCHASING Contract Purchasing REAL ESTATE Building Managers Realtors Contract REHABILITATION THERAPY Corrective Manual Arts Occupational Physical Prosthetic Reps. Rehabilitation Therapy SOCIAL WORK Food Assistance Program Psychology Aids and Social Science Aids and Social Social Workers Recreation SOCIOLOGY Social Science Aids and Social Sociologists STATISTICS Computer Science Spec. Mathematical Transportation Industry SURVEYING Land Surveyors SYSTEMS ANALYSIS Computer Science Computer GAO IT Analyst Misc. Administrative and Programs THEOLOGY Chaplains Social Workers TRANSPORTATION Cargo Schedulers Highway Safety Marine Cargo Traffic Mgt. Transportation Industry Transportation Loss/Damage Claims Transportation Operators Transportation Travel ZOOLOGY Animal Zoologists Physiologists Page 5 of 5