The Healthcare and Wellness community will provide resources, information, and a virtual space for students and alumni interested in working within the healthcare and wellness industries. As a follower of the Healthcare and Wellness community, you will get timely alerts on internships, co-ops, jobs, blogs, and events posted on the page.
Career and self-development are life-long processes that evolve as new experiences and information are obtained. Use this page to design your career and self-development strategically. Review the list of student and professional organizations and decide which opportunities best align with your career goals. Connect with a Husky Mentor to engage in career conversations that will expand your network and give you an on-the-job perspective. Explore your options by reviewing Job Market Insights and the UConn Undergraduate Outcomes.
It is never too early to start thinking about ways to get closer to your career goals through summer programs. Summer programs are typically designed to focus on a specific industry and provide an opportunity to network while expanding your …
Choosing a major is difficult, but choosing a track might be even harder. While there are facilitated programs at UConn such as Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental, there are other tracks that are less structured, such as Pre-PA, Pre-OT, and Pre-PT. So …
When you hear the word “therapy,” do you picture someone lying on a couch talking while the therapist takes notes in the corner? While some types of therapy embody this image, there are many unique types of therapy you may never heard of.
By Maggie Cummings
Maggie CummingsCareer Consulting and Services Intern
Sam Dion (’20) is a first-year DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. During her undergrad at UConn, she studied Physiology and Neurobiology on a pre-med track. I had the chance to interview her to …
The Healthcare and Wellness Career Community has some of the most involved and helpful student organizations on campus. This article will cover four of those organizations and provide detail about them, including their mission, events, and resources they offer. Check out the article “Student and Professional Organizations” to find out more …
By Maggie Cummings
Maggie CummingsCareer Consulting and Services Intern
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
Top Employers
Education Levels
Annual Earnings
Technical Skills
Core Competencies
Job Titles
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
Career Outcomes
First Destination
Top Employers
Starting Salary
Employment Locations
Top Universities
Degree Types
Fields of Study
First Destination
First Destination refers to undergraduate outcomes within the 6 months following graduation. The data is collected through a survey distributed to students at graduation, and again in the months following, to gain insight on their lives post-graduation.
Top Employers
The following is a list of the most common employers that students have reported working for post-graduation. Only employing organizations are listed below. This is not a complete list of all employers, rather the most common.
Starting Salary
The salary data below is based on self-reported salary data for full-time employment. This data does not reflect bonuses or any other monetary benefits.
Employment Locations
UConn graduates accept positions all over the globe. The graphic displays the proportions of graduates working across the United States. As you can see, the top locations for UConn graduates to work are Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York.
United States
World
Top Universities
Below is a list of the most common universities UConn graduates attend for continuing education.
Degree Types
On average, about 25% of UConn graduates enroll in a program of continuing education within 6 months post-graduation. The chart below displays the types of continued education degrees pursued.
Fields of Study
Fields of Study highlights the diversity of interests in our graduates. This section reflects the fields in which graduates pursue additional study.
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