Career outcomes for MA French Studies graduates

Summary

  • Seventy per cent of graduates work in educational services which includes working in post-secondary institutions, school boards, tutoring services and libraries.
  • Common careers include teaching French and other subjects in grade school, tutoring, teaching French at the post-secondary level and working in a French program. Other roles which apply their graduate education, include bilingual underwriter for an insurance company and a language policy analyst for the government.
  • Graduates working in for-profit organizations and government have the highest salaries.

The information on this page was extracted from raw data collected from LinkedIn in early 2022 by the University of Waterloo’s Alumni Relations office. The visualizations and lists represent the careers of alumni who graduated between 2002 and 2021. The salary amounts have been extrapolated based on relevant submissions to Glassdoor.

Roles held by MA French Studies graduates: 

  • Bilingual Business Associate
  • Bilingual Underwriter
  • Director of Marketing
  • Director of Ministerial Affairs Division
  • French Teacher
  • French Translator
  • Grants Development Officer
  • Instructional Support Coordinator
  • Language Policy Analyst
  • Teacher
 

Employers of MA French Studies graduates: 

  • Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
  • Conseil scolaire MonAvenir
  • Forum One
  • Manulife Financial Corporation
  • Natural Resources Canada
  • Ocean Wise Conservation Association
  • Oxford Learning
  • Post-secondary institutions (Nipissing University, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University)
  • School boards (Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, Thames Valley District School Board, Waterloo Region District School Board)
 

Employment location for MA French Studies graduates

French studies graph by employment location

 
 
dark orange Outside the Greater Toronto Area- Ontario, 67.6%
teal USA, 6%
light orange Alberta, 2.9%
light blue British Columbia, 2.9%
dark purple France, 2.9%
dark green Inside the Greater Toronto Area- Ontario, 17.6%
 

Career outcomes for MA French Studies graduates by industry 

career outcomes for MA French Studies graduates by industry pie graph

light orange Educational Services ([French] teacher, [French] [associate] professor, administrative coordinator and advisor), 70.6%

light blue Financial Services (bilingual underwriter, bilingual new business associate), 8.8%

dark purple For-profit Organization (pricing coordinator, director of marketing), 5.9%

dark green Government (federal language policy analyst, director of ministerial affairs), 5.9%

dark orange Marketing and Advertising (French translator, trilingual member advocate), 5.9%

teal Non-profit Organization (grants development officer), 2.9%

 

Mean salary by industry for MA French Studies graduates

mean salary by industry for MA French Studies graduates

light orange Educational Services, $82,300

light blue Financial Services, $56,000

dark purple For-profit Organization, $106,000

dark green Government, $99,400

dark orange Marketing and Advertising, $40,100

teal Non-profit Organization, $77,700




 
 
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 Median salary by industry for MA French Studies graduates

median salary by industry for MA French Studies graduates

light orange Educational Services, $77,300

light blue Financial Services,$60,700

dark purple For-profit Organization, $106,000

dark green Government, $99,400

dark orange Marketing and Advertising, $40,100

teal Non-profit Organization, $77,700


 

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Relation between career and field of study for MA French Studies graduates

relation between career and field of study

dark purple Not related at all, 6 MA French Studies graduates

light blue Somewhat realted, 8 MA French Studies graduates

light orange Closely related, 20 MA French Studies graduates

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