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Career Opportunities

The study of language helps one to think quickly and logically and to use words effectively; it also serves to sharpen memory. This kind of training can be applied to jobs in:

  • Government, translation and interpretation (diplomacy, foreign embassies, court translation, international business, cross-cultural training, U.S. Armed Forces)
  • Social service (Peace Corps, Presbyterian Church (USA) Volunteer Corps, Mennonite Central Committee, Lutheran Volunteer Corps, etc.)
  • Education (bilingual education)
  • Business and industry
  • Travel and tourism
  • Media

Find out what some of our recent graduates are doing with their Whitworth World Languages & Cultures degrees.

World languages & cultures recent graduates have been accepted at these and many other graduate schools:

  • American University of Cairo
  • Azusa Pacific University
  • Baylor University
  • Columbia University
  • Eastern Washington University
  • Fuller Seminary
  • George Washington University
  • Gonzaga University
  • Illinois State University
  • Loma Linda Medical School
  • Loyola University
  • Oregon State University
  • Princeton Theological Seminary
  • Roosevelt University
  • Seattle Pacific University
  • University of Bedfordshire
  • University of Chicago
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Utah
  • University of Washington
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Washington State University
  • Wheaton College
  • Whitworth University

French

Recent graduates in French have gone onto graduate school in French, history, theology, political science, English and education. The most common fields of employment include social services, business, translation, hospitality and teaching.

Spanish

Recent graduates in Spanish have gone on for further education in a variety of academic disciplines in order to earn professional degrees. Students have been successful in a variety of fields after graduation. Many students go into education, becoming teachers at various grade levels and in higher education. Our graduates have also done extensive work in the nonprofit sector, both as volunteers and as paid staff. Much of this work involves the promotion and implementation of sustainable development policies and aid to migrant populations. Graduates have worked domestically and abroad in a variety of fields; a number of students have participated in the cultural-ambassador and cultural-assistants programs run through the government of Spain. Other graduates have gone into public service, marketing, Christian ministry and the medical fields.