What jobs are available for graduate students?

Jobs for a graduate student include a variety of positions that allow you to gain experience in your field of study while you are pursuing your master’s degree or Ph.D. These temporary, part-time positions typically involve assisting with academic research or working as a teaching assistant. As a research assistant, your duties include participating in project planning, collecting data, performing experiments, and handling data-entry and administrative responsibilities. As a graduate teaching assistant, you help professors teach classes. You provide additional assistance to students, correct exams, and record grades. In some cases, you may actually lead a lower-level course on your own.