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What can I do with a degree in Geography (Exeter)?

The below offers a selection of the destinations University of Exeter graduates from Geography have gone on to. The information below is not exhaustive, however it does highlight the range of job and further study options available to you after your studies.

If you would like to learn more about any of the jobs listed below you may wish to browse the job profiles on the Prospects website.

Careers with a degree in Geography (Exeter)

Recent Exeter Geography graduates have entered a wide range of careers. Some recent examples include:*

  • Chartered and certified accountants
  • Secondary education teaching professionals
  • Marketing associate professionals
  • Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.
  • Sales accounts and business development managers
  • Business associate professionals n.e.c.
  • Chartered surveyors
  • Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.
  • Buyers and procurement officers
  • Brokers
Remember…

Many employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.

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* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 Graduate Outcomes surveys (ordered from most popular to least).

Employers of Exeter alumni with a degree in Geography (Exeter)

Recent Exeter Geography graduates have entered a wide range of careers. Some recent examples include:*

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* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.

Skills

An Exeter Geography degree will arm you with some great employability skills including:

  • Analyse and solve problems
  • Make decisions
  • Critically interpret data and text
  • Develop a reasoned argument
  • Generate, interpret and present various data types using statistics, text, images and maps
  • Work in teams
  • Plan and organise
  • Present oral and written arguments and information
  • Use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) skills – including word processing, databases, internet communications, information retrieval and online searches. 

Further Study

Around 40% of Exeter graduates in Geography go on to pursue further study within 15 months of completing their undergraduate degree. Some recent progression routes include:

  • MA Conflict, Security and Development
  • MA Food Studies
  • MA Quantity Surveying
  • MRes Sustainable Development
  • MSc Applied Social Data Science
  • MRes Geography
  • MSc Climate Change
  • MSc Conservation and Biodiversity
  • MSc Environment and Human Health
  • MSc Environmental Consultancy
  • MSc Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
  • MSc Flood and Coastal Engineering
  • MSc Geospatial Sciences
  • MSc Global Sustainability Solutions
  • MSc International Business
  • MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies
  • MSc Marketing
  • MSc Public Health
  • MSc Real Estate
  • MSc Rural Land and Business Management
  • MSC Sustainable Development
  • MSc Transport and Planning
  • PGCE
  • PhD Earth Sciences

Some went on to study other degrees including:

  • Graduate Diploma in Law
  • MSc Criminology
  • MSc Management
  • MSc Psychology (Conversion)

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* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.

**Individual course names were taken from the University of Exeter's Career Destination survey (2018/19 & 2019/20) as this information is not collected within the Graduate Outcomes survey.