| Schools online are more and more often offering the | | | | Graduates have the opportunity to work in |
| ability for students to actually major in Spanish during | | | | government, customs or immigration agencies; they |
| their college career. It doesn't matter whether or not | | | | may even be able to find work in the intelligence |
| students want to learn a new language from scratch | | | | communities of the U.S. |
| or perhaps explore their heredity, online degrees in | | | | Graduates with an online degree in Spanish also have |
| Spanish at either an undergraduate or a graduate | | | | the opportunity to work in the private sector. |
| level provides students with a rich and | | | | Although many of the jobs in the private industry do |
| comprehensive learning experience that will positively | | | | not involve the same types of work as the public |
| affect their entire future. | | | | sector, graduates will be sure to work in incredibly |
| Spanish is one of the most popular options for | | | | unique positions. Private industry employers need |
| students to major in. In fact, it's the second | | | | linguists to work as translators, in customer service, |
| most-common language in the United States after | | | | and even healthcare. |
| English. There are more Spanish speakers in the U.S. | | | | Working as a translator is one of the most popular |
| than there are speakers of Chinese, French, Hawaiian | | | | jobs for students who have graduated with their |
| and all the Native-American languages combined - the | | | | online degree in Spanish. According to the Bureau of |
| Spanish speaking population in the U.S. is the world's | | | | Labor Statistics, roughly 26 percent of interpreters |
| second-largest, dwarfed only by Mexico. | | | | and translators are self-employed. To clarify, |
| The size of the Spanish speaking population in the | | | | interpreters deal with spoken words while translators |
| United States certainly opens up job opportunities for | | | | work with written words. Some graduates may be |
| bilingual graduates. However, technological growth | | | | more suited for one profession than the other. |
| across the world has opened up the world's borders, | | | | Whether students are learning Spanish at an |
| especially with the advent of the Internet. | | | | undergraduate or a graduate level, learning a language |
| International job opportunities and learning | | | | remains a highly participatory experience. To fully |
| experiences are becoming considered "the norm" | | | | master Spanish, students will focus their learning on |
| instead of unique. | | | | four techniques: reading, writing, listening and |
| Bilingual graduates have job opportunities in a | | | | speaking. Fully immersing themselves in all aspects of |
| multitude of career fields offered in both the public | | | | the language will help them attain full mastery of the |
| and the private sector. Public sector employers are | | | | language. |
| typically always looking to recruit trained linguists. | | | | |