Careers & Majors

Not sure about your major?
Not sure what you want to do?

Explore majors
Start with the NC State majors website.  View majors by college or select from the A-Z majors list.  Review and compare curriculum, work settings, salaries, and more.

Explore careers
While some majors lead to specific careers (accounting major leads to accounting job), other majors lead to a variety of options (sociology major leads to research / writing / management / public affairs careers).   

Learn about careers associated with majors of interest by meeting with faculty advisors and using UCC resources to research options and narrow choices.      

• Career information
• Informational interview
• Career fairs
• Career counselors

Make a decision
Once you’ve explored majors and careers, you will feel very differently than you do today.  Armed with information about yourself and your options, you’ll be ready to choose a major and even test out a career by doing an internship.  Learning about careers is an on-going experience.  Continue to ask questions and gain knowledge – the end result is a career that is a natural fit and most fulfilling.  We think you’ll agree it’s worth the effort.