CAREERS & ASTROPHYSICS MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in Astrophysics have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent Astrophysics Majors*

• Consultant - AnswerThink Consulting Group, New York, NY
• Scientist - Scient, New Jersey City, NJ
• Teacher - St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
• Algorithm Developer - Tower Research Capital, New York, NY
• Education/Outreach Coordinator - Princeton/NASA, Princeton, NJ

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Advice to Rocket Scientists: A Career Survival Guide for Scientists and Engineers
• Engineering, Science, & Computer Jobs
• Alternative Careers in Science
• Developing Your Career as a Scientist in Academe
• Environmental Jobs for Scientists & Engineering
• Employment Guide for Engineers & Scientists: A Practical Job Hunter's Manual
• Resumes for High Tech Careers
• JobBank Guide to Computer & High Tech Companies
• Careers in Science
• Jobs You Can Live With: Working at Crossroads of Science, Technology, and Society

Resources and Information Online

• A New Universe to Explore - Careers in Astronomy
  http://www.aas.org/education/publications/careerbrochure.html
  
  
• Careers in Science and Engineering - A Student Planning Guide
  http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/careers/contents.html
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Physicists and Astronomers
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos052.htm
  
  
• Careers in Astrophysics - Queensland University
  http://astrophysics.qut.edu.au/careers_for_physicists.asp
  
  
• Princeton Astrophysical Sciences Department
  http://www.astro.princeton.edu/
  

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• American Astronomical Society
  http://www.aas.org
  
  
• International Planetarium Society
  http://www.ips-planetarium.org

Astrophysics Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for Astrophysics alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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