Graduate Student Careers
Graduates of the University of Utah Human Development and Social Policy Program choose to go on to a wide variety of programs for their Ph.D or choose to work directly after the degree. Graduate students who go on to jobs after the degree often work in governmental, education, or non-profit sectors. Our graduate students have been accepted into programs in education, health, sociology, human development and family studies, marketing, social work, and psychology.
Employment held by our graduates:
| Co-Director | Child and Family Development Center |
| International Service & Development Director | Youthlinc |
| Statistician | Bureau of Census |
| Developmental Screening Coordinator | Department of Health |
| Corporate Controller | Goode Family Dental |
| Research Consultant | Divison of Services for People with Disabilites, Department of Human Services |
| Research Assistant | Montana Academy (a therapeutic boarding school) |
| Writer and Video Producer | Waterford Research Institute |
| Small Business Owner | Anderson Consulting, LLC |
| Senior Research Analyst | Utah Cancer Registry |
| Professor of Psychology & Family Studies | Arizona Western College |
| Bankruptcy Prevention Area Agent | Extension Assistant Professor, Utah State University |
| Case Worker | Department of Child and Family Services, State of Utah |
| Research Coordinator | Utah Issues |
| Assistant Planning Tech | Municipality of Anchorage Planning Department, Alaska |
| Therapist | Valley Mental Health |
| Financial Auditor | State of Connecticut |
| Special Projects Coordinator | Ogden Department of Community Development |
| Computer Professional | Huntsman Cancer Institute |
| Assistant Professor | Public Health |
| Utah State University | |
| University of Victoria | |
| Director | Community Action Program, Head Start |
| Resource for Genetic and Epidemiological Research, U. of Utah | |
| Hal J. Schultz Headstart Program, Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| The Children Justice Center, St. George | |
| Research Analyst | Utah Birth Defect Network, Department of Pediatric Genetics, U. of Utah |
| Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, U. of Utah | |
| Utah Department of Health | |
| Department of Health, State of Utah | |
| Research Associate | LDS Hospital |
| Notre Dame University | |
| Instructor | Department of Family and Consumer Studies |
| Salt Lake Community College |
Ph.D. Programs Our Graduates Attended:
| Psychology | Washington State University |
| Consumer Sciences | The Ohio State University |
| Social Work | University of Utah |
| Marriage, Family, & Human Development | Brigham Young Univeristy |
| Consumer Sciences | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Developmental Psychology | University of Illinois |
| Policy Analysis | Cornell University |
| Business Administration | University of British Columbia |
| Child & Family Ecology | Michigan State University |
| Epidemiology | University of Utah |
| Marketing | University of Utah |
| Sociology | University of Utah |
| Family Policy | Iowa State University |