Career Opportunities

An ESOL concentration prepares students for a wide variety of teaching and related careers including:

• Teaching English as a second or foreign language in universities, community colleges and language institutes across the U.S.;
• Administering and/or teaching in P-12 ESOL and bilingual programs in public and private schools in Maryland and throughout the U.S.;
• Working with refugee and immigrant groups in adult education programs;
• Working with ESL/EFL programs around the world through international universities, private language schools, and public educational systems.

Gainful Employment

This academic program is a participant in the U.S. Department of Education Gainful Employment program.

• Gainful Employment Information

Alumni Accomplishments

Graduates of the MA TESOL and TESOL Post Baccalaureate Certificate have found success in a variety of endeavors. They have continued to PhD programs, work in a variety of teaching and administrative positions, receive awards, and write articles and textbooks: 
Our graduates have gone on to be: 

• ESL public school teachers
• Community college Instructors 
• Instructors at 4-year institutions such as: 
• Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
• University of Philadelphia
• Maryland Institute for College Art
• University of Maryland Baltimore County
• Towson University
• Foreign language instructors 
• PhD students and graduates in:
• Language, Literacy and Culture 
• TESOL
• Education Administration 
• Leadership: Reading, Language, and Literacy
• Teaching & Learning (Foreign Language & ESL Education)
• Academic director of ESL programs 
• Program Coordinator for ESL programs 
• Graduate Program Coordinators
• Fulbright English Language Fellows and English Teaching Assistants 
• MD TESOL board members 
• Teachers of Promise
• National Board-Certified Teachers 
• U.S. Department of State English Language Teaching Fellows
• Authors of articles and textbooks