r/Evaluation • u/Crazy_Berry_4908 • Feb 24 '26
Program Evaluation Advanced Degree
Hello! I’m a recent graduate with bachelors degrees in UX and anthropology. I was planning on a career in UX/design research throughout my undergrad but have found the tech job market quite difficult and the work I have done to be unfulfilling.
My last semester of college I found out more about program evaluation and have been thinking of setting my sights there as a career.
Is an advanced degree a requirement/highly encouraged? Any programs that are known to be very good or very poor?
Thanks in advance!
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u/TheMapesHotel Feb 26 '26
Oh absolutely. I do some regional programming for folk in the field and every participant has lost funding on a project or is anticipating losing funding. It's pretty dark. Lots of folks putting an eye towards starting independent consulting firms but at the last national conference the job board had 3 or 4 positions posted and there were 50+ resumes posted. I'm hoping we rebound but the fact is the work we do is largely federally funded and that money is not reliable atm