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If you know what you want to do in life, great. But maybe you don’t, and that’s okay too.
That’s all part of the adventure of going to Buena Vista University, having the freedom to explore a passion that will lead you to a career you will love, or discovering that you want to head off in new directions in your life.
Thousands of BVU graduates have had the same feelings, thoughts and questions about their future, and have gone on to rewarding careers.
Here is a list of the most popular majors at BVU in recent years, as shown by our class surveys, and what some of the graduates in those fields were doing in their first six months after graduation.
Education: We prepare teachers in all academic disciplines and most tend to stay in Iowa, although we do have students who relocate to surrounding states and a few who move to farther locations such Las Vegas, Phoenix, and cities in Texas and Colorado. Some go on to become principals, superintendents and other administrative positions.
Management/Entrepreneurship: New graduates report jobs as sales representatives, management trainees, financial representatives and loan processors at companies such as Wells Fargo, Target, Iowa Student Loan, ING, Hy-Vee Stores, and Fareway.
Marketing: Our graduates reported starting out as account executives, sales associates, recruiting coordinators, and account managers for companies that include Wells Fargo, Target, The Buckle, Scheels All Sports, and many other smaller businesses.
Biology: By and large, our biology majors go on to graduate schools all over the country, with about half enrolling in Iowa universities. Future professionals attend schools for medicine, veterinary medicine, optometry, dentistry, chiropractic, physical therapy and athletic training. Biology majors who don't go on to graduate or professional studies often teach or obtain research positions.
Exercise Science: These graduates head in many directions as well. Some go into business, while others enter health and fitness positions in places such as Lifetime Fitness, YMCA's, golf courses, and sports teams. Businesses that have hired our exercise science majors include Walgreens, American Eagle, Primerica, and Wells Fargo.
Mass Communications: Our graduates go into radio, TV, and newspaper careers. They may start out at small newspapers or TV stations. Some of the employers in recent years have been the NBC Page Program, KRNA Radio in Cedar Rapids, KDSM-TV in Des Moines and the National Journalism Center in Herndon Va.
Criminal Justice: Graduates in recent years have taken positions in security work, loss prevention and in law enforcement with the Iowa State Patrol, Gaming Enforcement, and local police departments.
Social Work: Graduates have taken jobs as social workers, youth counselors, case workers and resident counselors. Their employers include Children and Family Services of Iowa, Forest Ridge, Boys and Girls Home, and other family services agencies.
Psychology: Positions as residential counselor, child advocate, youth counselor have been reported by recent graduates. A number of alumni go on to graduate school in programs such as school psychology, counseling psychology, and industrial/organizational psychology.
Finance and Banking: Graduates report positions as bank examiners, grain merchant, financial planner, real estate analyst, and credit analysts. They report getting jobs at companies such as Wells Fargo, Thrivent Financial, Principal Financial and local financial institutions.
Accounting: Often having jobs lined up in the fall of their senior year, our accounting majors report jobs at firms such as Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche, McGladrey & Pullen, Kiesling, Cargill and the State of Iowa Auditor’ office, as well as accounting firms in smaller communities.
Information Technology/Computer Science: These graduates rarely have to look far for a job. Companies that have hired these graduates in recent years include Principal Financial, West Corporation, Union Pacific and Implex.
Athletic Training: Alumni frequently go on to graduate school in health and fitness related fields such as kinesiology, community health, physical therapy, nursing, sports administration, higher education and athletic training for professional sports teams or their affiliates.
That’s all part of the adventure of going to Buena Vista University, having the freedom to explore a passion that will lead you to a career you will love, or discovering that you want to head off in new directions in your life.
Thousands of BVU graduates have had the same feelings, thoughts and questions about their future, and have gone on to rewarding careers.
Here is a list of the most popular majors at BVU in recent years, as shown by our class surveys, and what some of the graduates in those fields were doing in their first six months after graduation.
Education: We prepare teachers in all academic disciplines and most tend to stay in Iowa, although we do have students who relocate to surrounding states and a few who move to farther locations such Las Vegas, Phoenix, and cities in Texas and Colorado. Some go on to become principals, superintendents and other administrative positions.
Management/Entrepreneurship: New graduates report jobs as sales representatives, management trainees, financial representatives and loan processors at companies such as Wells Fargo, Target, Iowa Student Loan, ING, Hy-Vee Stores, and Fareway.
Marketing: Our graduates reported starting out as account executives, sales associates, recruiting coordinators, and account managers for companies that include Wells Fargo, Target, The Buckle, Scheels All Sports, and many other smaller businesses.
Biology: By and large, our biology majors go on to graduate schools all over the country, with about half enrolling in Iowa universities. Future professionals attend schools for medicine, veterinary medicine, optometry, dentistry, chiropractic, physical therapy and athletic training. Biology majors who don't go on to graduate or professional studies often teach or obtain research positions.
Exercise Science: These graduates head in many directions as well. Some go into business, while others enter health and fitness positions in places such as Lifetime Fitness, YMCA's, golf courses, and sports teams. Businesses that have hired our exercise science majors include Walgreens, American Eagle, Primerica, and Wells Fargo.
Mass Communications: Our graduates go into radio, TV, and newspaper careers. They may start out at small newspapers or TV stations. Some of the employers in recent years have been the NBC Page Program, KRNA Radio in Cedar Rapids, KDSM-TV in Des Moines and the National Journalism Center in Herndon Va.
Criminal Justice: Graduates in recent years have taken positions in security work, loss prevention and in law enforcement with the Iowa State Patrol, Gaming Enforcement, and local police departments.
Social Work: Graduates have taken jobs as social workers, youth counselors, case workers and resident counselors. Their employers include Children and Family Services of Iowa, Forest Ridge, Boys and Girls Home, and other family services agencies.
Psychology: Positions as residential counselor, child advocate, youth counselor have been reported by recent graduates. A number of alumni go on to graduate school in programs such as school psychology, counseling psychology, and industrial/organizational psychology.
Finance and Banking: Graduates report positions as bank examiners, grain merchant, financial planner, real estate analyst, and credit analysts. They report getting jobs at companies such as Wells Fargo, Thrivent Financial, Principal Financial and local financial institutions.
Accounting: Often having jobs lined up in the fall of their senior year, our accounting majors report jobs at firms such as Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche, McGladrey & Pullen, Kiesling, Cargill and the State of Iowa Auditor’ office, as well as accounting firms in smaller communities.
Information Technology/Computer Science: These graduates rarely have to look far for a job. Companies that have hired these graduates in recent years include Principal Financial, West Corporation, Union Pacific and Implex.
Athletic Training: Alumni frequently go on to graduate school in health and fitness related fields such as kinesiology, community health, physical therapy, nursing, sports administration, higher education and athletic training for professional sports teams or their affiliates.