Career Paths
Where a Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Degree Can Take You
The versatile education students receive as women, sexuality, and gender studies majors prepares them for a wide range of professional opportunities and enriches their lives in countless ways. Many of our graduates find rewarding careers in social advocacy and activism, whether working for a nonprofit organization, government agency, or grassroots movement. In addition, many of our alumni choose careers in education, media and communications, management, policy and advocacy, or health and wellness.
Median annual wage
according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
job openings are projected each year, on average
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Preparing you for success:
These are just some of the careers you can choose to pursue with a Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Degree.
Career Preparation
Career Preparation
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major at UNC Asheville offers an interdisciplinary and socially engaged curriculum that encourages students to examine systems of power, identity, and inequality through the lenses of gender, race, sexuality, class, and culture. With a strong emphasis on critical thinking, ethical leadership, inclusive communication, and social justice, students gain the tools to analyze and challenge societal structures in both historical and contemporary contexts. Combined with experiential learning, community-based projects, and faculty-mentored research, graduates are well-prepared to succeed in a wide range of careers—from advocacy and public policy to education, social services, and media—or to pursue competitive graduate and professional programs.
Ready for what's next?
Earn a Bachelor of Arts in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of North Carolina Asheville and prepare for a successful career in advocacy, public policy, education, social services, nonprofit leadership, media, and beyond.