Also called: Research associate, Data collector
Supports education research projects by collecting data, observing classrooms, and cleaning data sets.
Research assistants visit schools to give assessments, code videos of lessons, clean spreadsheets, and help write reports. It's a common first job for people heading to grad school.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in a social science or education.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Psychology, Sociology, Education.
Growing about average. Tied to research funding.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI cleans data and codes video and transcripts, the main junior tasks, so fewer research assistants are hired.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4061.
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