Cool Careers

You know what teachers, musicians, doctors, and nurses do. And you can thrive with those degrees from Nazareth, where you benefit from strong mentoring, high-impact experiences, and opportunities to stand out as a changemaker — making the most of your life’s work for the collective good. 

But did you also know: Naz offers 60+ majors and 80+ minors — providing so many opportunities and combinations.

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99% of Naz graduates (Class of 2024) are employed or in graduate school within six months of graduating.

Rewarding careers that you might not know about

Applied Behavior Analysis

  • Prepare to work effectively on interprofessional teams with individuals across the lifespan, particularly with people with autism, developmental disabilities, and complex behavioral needs.
  • Become a behavior analyst assistant (a New York State certification) with this bachelor’s degree and work under supervision in homes, schools, hospitals, and community agencies.
  • Nazareth has the first undergraduate program of its kind in New York state.
  • Build skills and confidence through fieldwork and practicum placements embedded throughout.

Occupational Therapy

  • Help people recover their independence after a stroke or brain injury through specially chosen therapeutic activities.
  • OTs are in demand. OT jobs are growing much faster than average.
  • Bonus: Nazareth’s combined occupational therapy program enables you to earn both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in just 5 years — saving you time and money.
  • Occupational therapist median annual wage: $96,790 (May 2023, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Social Work

  • Are you curious, empathetic, and want to help people address their challenges? Consider social work.
  • Clinical social workers are the most common type of mental health provider.
  • Bonus: Nazareth’s fast-track social work option enables you to complete your Master of Social Work in just one additional year full-time (so you can get licensed by the state), or you can go part-time.
  • Social worker median annual wage: $8,380 (May 2023, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Ethical Data Science

  • Like computing and problem solving? Become a data analyst who uses tech to inform better decisions.
  • Be prepared for a career addressing the opportunities and the big challenges in data science today – like analyzing complex information, chatbot ethics, and the spread of disinformation.
  • Nazareth’s well-rounded ethical data science bachelor’s degree includes courses in human-centered computing, sociology, and philosophy, providing you a competitive advantage to get internships and jobs, compared to a traditional data science program.
  • Average base salary for data analysts: $65,014 as of 2023, according to PayScale. For data scientists: $119,040 as of 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Speech-Language Pathology

  • Learn to help children and adults who have speech or language difficulties, so they can communicate effectively.
  • Start with a bachelor's degree in speech-language-hearing sciences, beginning coursework in your major during your first year. Graduates of this program have high acceptance rates into master's programs in speech pathology (including Nazareth's speech-language pathology master's degree) or audiology.
  • Even as an undergraduate, our on-campus speech, language, and hearing clinics give you closely supervised, hands-on clinical experiences usually found only at the graduate level.
  • Speech-language pathologist median annual wage: $92,630 (May 2023, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)