International Studies majors receive solid undergraduate preparation that leads to exciting internships, careers, and post-graduate studies at many prestigious universities.

Internship Opportunities

The OWU Connection and Career Connection teams will guide you and prepare you as you create your personalized OWU Connection program from a portfolio of guaranteed Connection experiences. Your pathway can include interdisciplinary learning, travel, research, creative projects, and internships, all proven to prepare you for the causes, careers, and graduate school opportunities you want to pursue. 

Internship opportunities include:

Career Paths

Ohio Wesleyan graduates have worked with the United Nations, the State Department in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Agency for International Development in the Middle East, and with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the World Bank, the National Defense University, the Peace Corps, the intelligence agencies and the military. They have worked for and interned at institutes and foundations concerned with international topics, for example, the Institute for Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, the National Democratic Institute, and the Ford Foundation. A number have worked for advocacy or lobbying groups, such as the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights or Planetary Citizens. Other graduates have gone on to positions in banks such as Chase Manhattan and in major international corporations.  

Graduate Opportunities After OWU

Ohio Wesleyan students have gone on to study at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, New York University, London School of Economics, Syracuse University, University of Denver, George Washington University, University of Chicago, Colombia University School of International Affairs, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, American University, and many other fine institutions of higher learning. 

Alliant International University
San Francisco, CA

American University
Washington, DC
 

Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX

Baylor University
Waco, TX

Boston University
Boston, MA

Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
 

California State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA

The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

City College of the City University of New York
New York, NY

Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA

Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Creighton University
Omaha, NE

Columbia University
New York, NY

Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

Duke University
Durham, NC

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ
 

Florida International University
Miami, FL

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Georgetown University
Washington, DC
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The George Washington University
Washington, DC

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Johns Hopkins University
Washington, DC

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

Kent State University
Kent, OH

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Monterey Institute of International Studies
Monterey, CA
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Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD

New School University
New York, NY

New York University
New York, NY
 

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA

Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA

Salve Regina University
Newport, RI

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

School for International Training
Brattleboro, VT

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

Southwest Missouri State University
Springfield, MO

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

St. Mary's University of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
 

Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
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Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, TX

The Institute of World Politics
Washington, DC

Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management
Glendale, AZ

Troy University
Troy, AL

Tufts University
Medford, MA

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
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University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
 

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
 

University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

University of Denver
Denver, CO

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
Minneapolis, MN

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
 

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
 

Yale University
New Haven, CT