Career Development
IWU is committed to equipping students with resources to make informed career decisions, ultimately enabling you to live a life of purpose and stewardship. The Office of Career Development works with students from their first day on campus as freshmen through graduation to help prepare them to execute their personal and professional goals.
Learn MoreAny degree earned through your studies with the IWU Division of Health and Human Performance can lead to graduate school and work as a professor, in addition to career options in the following areas:
Sports Management
- Sports Marketing and Promotions
- Facility Management and Design
- Event Management/Public Relations
- Sports Information Director
- Athletic Director/Coach
- Sports Agent/Ticket Sales
Sports Ministries
- Church Sports Ministry
- Sport Camps
- Youth Sports Ministries
- Sports Chaplaincy
- Individual Sports Coach Training
- Mission Organizations
Physical and Health Education
- Teacher
- Secondary Education (5-12)
- All-Level (K-12)
- Athletic Coach
- Program/Activities Director
Athletic Training
- Certified/Licensed Athletic Trainer
- Secondary Schools
- Colleges/Universities
- Professional Sports
- Rehabilitation Sports
- Hospital Outpatient Rehab
- Sports Medicine Clinics
- Physician Offices
- Fitness Centers
- Industry
Exercise Science
- Graduate School (may be required to pursue specific careers)
- Exercise Physiology
- Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab
- Cancer Rehab
- Biomechanics
- Fitness Leadership
- Sports Nutrition
- Physical Therapist
- Physician's Assistant
- Researcher
- Kinesiotherapist
Settings: YMCA, Hospital, Academics, Clinics, Wellness/Exercise Centers
Applied Health and Fitness
- Personal Training
- Strength and Conditioning Coach
- Corporate/Adult Fitness
- Wellness Centers/Health Agencies
- Employee Fitness Director
- Group Exercise Instructor
- Health Agency Leadership
Recreation Management
- Church Recreation
- Parks (City, State, National)
- Camp Administration and Personnel
- Resort Services
- Hotel and Hospitality Management
- Cruise Ship Programming
- Program Director
- Industrial Recreation
- Aquatics Director
- Tourism
- Event Management