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Career test for U Chicago students

See which careers fit your traits — based on what 504+ U Chicago alumni actually went on to do.

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What U Chicago grads actually do

Based on 504 notable U Chicago alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

university teacher
199
writer
86
economist
71
mathematician
53
politician
52
physicist
34
journalist
31
sociologist
29
novelist
29
chemist
25
historian
23
anthropologist
23

Notable U Chicago alumni

Álvaro Magaña
Álvaro Magaña
politician · economist
Bertram Kostant
Bertram Kostant
mathematician · university teacher
Eugene N. Borza
Eugene N. Borza
historian
Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant
anthropologist · university teacher
Daniel C. Tsui
Daniel C. Tsui
physicist · university teacher
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
physicist · planetary scientist
Marilu Henner
Marilu Henner
stage actor · television producer
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Meselson
geneticist · biochemist

Salary outlook for top U Chicago career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
economist
10th–90th percentile: $62,520$216,900
$115,730
median / yr
mathematician
10th–90th percentile: $62,260$183,500
$116,440
median / yr
politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
physicist
10th–90th percentile: $80,950$232,940
$155,680
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr

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About U Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, UChi, or U of C) is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university is composed of an undergraduate college and four graduate research divisions: the Arts & Humanities Division, the Biological Sciences Division, the Physical Sciences Division, and the Social Sciences Division, all of which include various organized departments and institutes. In addition, the university operates seven professional schools in the fields of business, social work, theology, public policy, law, medicine, and molecular engineering, as well as a school of continuing studies. The university maintains satellite campuses and centers in London, Hong Kong, Paris, Beijing, Delhi, Luxor, and downtown Chicago. University of Chicago scholars have played a role in the development of many academic disciplines, including economics, law, literary criticism, mathematics, physics, religion, sociology, and political science, establishing the Chicago schools of thought in various fields. The university's Metallurgical Laboratory produced the world's first human-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction in Chicago Pile-1 beneath the viewing stands of the university's Stagg Field. Advances in chemistry led to the "radiocarbon revolution" in the carbon-14 dating of ancient life and objects. The university operates and administers research institutions including the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Argonne National Laboratory, and the Marine Biological Laboratory. The university is also home to the University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in North America. As of 2025, the university's students, faculty, and staff have included 101 Nobel laureates. The university's faculty members and alumni also include 10 Fields Medalists, 4 Turing Award winners, 58 MacArthur Fellows, 30 Marshall Scholars, 55 Rhodes Scholars, 27 Pulitzer Prize winners, 20 National Humanities Medalists, and 6 Olympic medalists.

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

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