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Career test for Southern students

See which careers fit your traits — based on what 177+ Southern alumni actually went on to do.

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What Southern grads actually do

Based on 177 notable Southern alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

American football player
51
politician
30
lawyer
18
baseball player
17
basketball player
16
Canadian football player
9
businessperson
7
judge
6
academic
6
basketball coach
6
writer
5
university teacher
5

Notable Southern alumni

Anthony Henderson
Anthony Henderson
military personnel
Randy Jackson
Randy Jackson
composer · businessperson
David Banner
David Banner
actor · songwriter
Joe Pittman
Joe Pittman
baseball player
Demerio Houston
Demerio Houston
Canadian football player · American football player
Arthur Miley
Arthur Miley
American football player
Lee Richard
Lee Richard
baseball player
Common
Common
actor · songwriter

Salary outlook for top Southern career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
baseball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
businessperson
10th–90th percentile: $80,000$239,200
$206,680
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr

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About Southern

Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the flagship institution of the Southern University System. Its campus encompasses 512 acres (207 hectares), with an agricultural experimental station on an additional 372-acre (151-hectare) site, five miles (8.0 km) north of the main campus on Scott's Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section of Baton Rouge. Southern University's 13 intercollegiate athletics teams are known as the Jaguars, and are members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in NCAA Division I. The Human Jukebox is a well known collegiate marching band that has represented Southern University since 1947.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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