Career Possibilities

Social data analytics skills and general data literacy are gaining importance across a wide range of fields. In particular, graduates of social data analytics will gain strong analytical thinking, communication, and project management skills as well as area-specific knowledge and familiarity.

Students will be in a strong position to begin or advance their careers in the public and private sectors or to complete advanced degrees in the arts and social sciences.

  • Data analyst
  • Data scientist
  • Social media analyst
  • Research analyst
  • Opinion polling 
  • Information resources
  • Digital marketing 
  • Brand manager
  • Lobbying researcher
  • Policy analyst
  • Management consultant
  • Journalist
  • Computational linguist
  • Communication specialist