Career Options w/ an Eduaction Degree

I am currently working on my master's degree in education (higher learning) from TUI. I'm in the military right now so I'm not under pressure to complete the program as quick as others might be. When I do retire, however, what else can I do with an education degree besides teaching?

B. Heath

 

Gosh! All degrees have value merely by showing that you are a dedicated, self improving, capable individual. That's got to be a plus to any potential employer!

A graduate background in Education should be useful in state and local government at the policy or administration level. It should also be very attractive to any manufacturing or software firm that has to design and present training to its customers.

Heck, public sector non profits from Greenpeace through the Heritage Foundation would probably be interested in you; they are ALL in the business of "educating" the public.

How about working for the giant firms that design and sell education related materials?

If your M.Ed. is in administration, well, public administration is "administration". You'd likely qualify for many, many positions in the business world.

 

Or you could just go on and get a master's degree in entrepreneurship and combine the two by starting your own online university.

 

Seeing that you’re from NC, I thought I would post. Just getting a Masters in Education (M.Ed., MS, or MA) does not even necessarily qualify you to teach in K-12 but since you are not interested in that, we will move on.

Nosborne48 offers some great points. You can also look for administrative positions in the community college system, university system, or local school system. Many of my colleagues who are administrators in the community college system have a M.Ed. and they have never taught a single class.

Business and Industry also look for corporate trainers with an M.Ed. The bottom line is, the sky is the limit. You have a number of opportunities to consider.

Duff

 

Wouldn't pre-graduate program have been a better time to ask this question?

 

No torn, this is the perfect time to ask! Thank you all for your replies, it really helped.

B. Heath

 

I received one of my grad degree in Adult Ed (Ball State U) while in the military. Most of my assignments were related to training and education. After I left the military, I eventually came back as a Department of the Army Civilian (Federal Employee).

At the major DoD 'training' bases, there are many jobs requiring graduate level education degree to manage instructional design areas, distance learning departments, training departments, training support sections, etc.

What frequently occurs is since there is a shortage of degreed applicants, the selection board selects whoever is most qualified. But having the graduate degree (plus experience in the area) will give you the priority.

Farrar
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

PS- Look at the federal job site, USAJOBS.

 

Thank you much!!

 

As this for civilian positions in the military post retirement:

I've been approached by senior Services managers (USAF services squadron) that tell me they need more qualfied candiates to run education centers, youth activity centers and child development centers. More so the latter two than the first. The M Ed is the preffered graduate degree for this career track. Entry level may be GS-7 through GS-9, which is not a bad starting point (unless you are used to officer pay). GS-11 though GS-13 is very attainable, a starting point if lucky. GS-14 and up is reserved for the most qualifed and proven who know how to "work it".

As for any DoD civilian, you probably need to be flexible on location and move for higher positions. But at least you don't have to go to Iraq unless you want to!

19 years and counting...

 

My sister-in-law has bachelor's and master's degrees in education (though I forget which one is from the University of Michigan - Go Blue! - and which is from The Ohio State University - A buckeye is a worthless nut!). When she met my brother, she was a Change Management Consultant at Arthur Anderson and my brother was a Computer Consultant at Arthur Anderson. Since then, my brother has held computer consultant positions at Oracle and IBM while my sister-in-law has done some independent consulting work and now sits on various non-profit boards and markets her art work.

 

Corporate training and training consultant gigs pay fairly well. You are generally expected to have some knowledge of a particular subject, but many of the "body shop" consulting places out there will put you through a "boot camp" to get you up to speed on the material they're selling you as an expert on.