Also called: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Measures whether nonprofit or government programs actually work.
You design a survey for a job-training program, analyze who got jobs afterward and write a report on what's working.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Usually a master's in public policy, statistics or evaluation.
Ways in: Graduate school, 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Public Policy, Statistics, Economics, Sociology.
Growing about average. Funders increasingly demand proof of impact.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds survey analysis and reports; designing fair studies and judging what really worked stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Government.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3099.
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