Public health careers go far beyond government health departments. The field includes data analysts, educators, environmental specialists and policy experts. What connects them is a focus on prevention: addressing problems before they require treatment. Maybe you’re drawn to healthcare but want a career built around prevention. Public health may be a better fit than nursing […]
A Community Health Worker (CHW) is a frontline public health professional who works inside the communities they serve, connecting neighbors with healthcare providers, social services and the information they need to manage their health. Many CHWs come from the same neighborhoods, cultures and language groups as the people they support, and that shared background is […]
Health educators earn a median salary of $64,070 a year. That figure hides a lot of variation. Hospitals, nonprofits, government agencies and corporate wellness programs all pay differently. This guide breaks down pay at each type of employer. It also covers the CHES credential that can raise it. Campbellsville University’s Bachelor of Science in Public […]
If you’ve ever thought about turning a passion for helping others through recovery into a career, here’s what becoming an addiction counselor actually involves. Addiction counselors, sometimes called substance abuse counselors or substance use disorder counselors, work directly with people struggling with addiction to alcohol, drugs or behavioral dependencies, guiding them through some of the […]
A social work degree covers theory, ethics and assessment, then a graduate walks into a room with a family in crisis and finds out what the coursework left out. The first caseload tests skills no syllabus fully addresses, from holding a boundary under pressure to carrying a client’s situation home at night. Practitioners in those […]
A call to ministry does not always arrive early in life. For some adults, it emerges in the middle of a career, after years spent building a family, paying a mortgage or working in another field. The interest may be real but pursuing it can mean weighing a new degree against responsibilities that are already […]
Quick Highlights The strongest path combines a graduate theological degree (MDiv) with supervised Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). Board certification requires a qualifying degree, four CPE units, a faith-group endorsement and 2,000 hours of chaplaincy experience. Campbellsville University’s online MDiv, Pastoral Care & Chaplaincy track, lets students complete two of the four required CPE units as […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concern for most workers. Many already feel its effects on the job today. A questionnaire conducted on behalf of Campbellsville University (CU) surveyed 1,002 U.S. workers about how they see AI affecting their work, which careers they think are safest and what they’re doing to protect their […]
A middle school choir room or an after-school guitar lesson doesn’t look like career prep. But for many adults, it turns out to be exactly that. Campbellsville University commissioned a survey of 1,011 U.S. adults about the music teachers who shaped them. Researchers found that skills built in music class are showing up decades later […]
Choosing a graduate theology degree means sorting through titles that sound similar but lead to different careers, since the Master of Divinity (MDiv), the Master of Theology (MTh) and the Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) all fall under theological education yet prepare graduates for different work. Campbellsville University’s online Master of Divinity program is […]