Dream Jobs

Foreign Service Worker

• The mission of a U.S. diplomat in the Foreign Service is to promote peace, support prosperity, and protect American citizens while advancing the interests of the U.S. abroad.
• You will be asked to serve at one of any of the more than 270 embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions in The Americas, Africa, Europe and Eurasia, East Asia and Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia.

Base Salary: $63,702
Overseas Pay: $73,984
Danger Pay: $11,097.60

Future Job Growth: Average

Educational Requirements

• While not a prerequisite, most successful FSO candidates have at least a bachelor’s degree. In recent years, many candidates have also had advanced degrees in international relations, economics, business administration, law, journalism, or other areas.

Pepperdine University

• Type: private, suburban
• Population: 3,533
• Acceptance Rate: 38%
• GPA requirement not listed; 613 SAT MATH; 599 SAT READING; 603 SAT WRITING; 28 ACT COMPOSITE

Tuition and Fees

• Tuition: $49,770
• Fees: $252
• Total for 1 year: $50,022

Room and Board

• $14,330
• Room and board charges vary according to board plan selected (i.e., 12-meal plan, 19-meal plan, etc.) and student level (freshman, sophomore, etc.)

University of Washington

• Type: public, urban
• Population: 31, 063
• Acceptance Rate: 53%
• GPA: 3.78
• SAT: Math - 644, REading - 595, WRiting - 586
• ACT Composite: 22

Cost

• Tuition and Fees: $10,813
• Room and board: $11,961

Interpreter

• As an interpreter, you translate from the original language in either sign language or another spoken language.
• Average Salary: $43,300
• Future job growth: above average
• Educational requirements: Bachelor's Degree

Brigham Young University

• Type: private, suburban
• Population: 30,221
• Acceptance rate: 48%
• GPA: 3.83
• Tuition & fees: $10,645
• Room & board: $7,448

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

• Type: public, small
• Population: 24,937
• Acceptance rate: 82%
• SAT: math - 497, reading - 472, writing - 462
• ACT Composite: 20

Art Historian