Relating Academic Fields and Career Paths after College Education in Japan: Through Data Visualization with 2019 Survey Results
Abstract
Since the deregulation of Standards for the Establishment of Universities in 1991 in Japan, diversification of faculty/department names has accelerated. The diversification made it difficult for college outsiders to correlate faculty/department names and academic fields, which might be one of the factors that hindered the college selections with perception of further career paths for university prospective students and career advisors in high schools. This study aims to find the efficient way in informing pre-higher education students of possible career-path selection after college education. In this study, we try to (A) visualize the characteristic of learning contents in each academic field using the name of major fields as a surrogate index for learning contents, and (B) examine the relationship between academic fields and career paths after college education. As a result, it shows (A) the characteristic of learning contents of academic fields by a morphological analysis and correspondence analysis on the name of major fields of academic degrees. In addition, it is revealed that (B) studying a specialized area of profession has been related to employment in a specific occupation and industry, while studying an interdisciplinary major has been related to employment in a wide variety of occupations. These results suggest the value of information provision on academic fields to be considered in the process of college selection.
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