Which occupations does each discipline prepare students for?

The question. Given a business discipline, which SOC occupations does it lead to, how strongly, and on what evidence?

What it found

The reverse lookup across 129 occupations and 161 weighted mappings. A single occupation can contribute to several disciplines: Management Analysts splits across Business Management, Strategic Management, Information Systems and Finance, because consultants, strategy analysts and business analysts all land in one SOC code. Fifteen of the mappings rest on observed BYU placement records rather than judgement, and those are the ones worth most.

The numbers

Discipline	SOC	Occupation	Relation	Weight	Basis
Global Supply Chain Management	43-5071	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	primary	1.00	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	11-3051	Industrial Production Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	11-3061	Purchasing Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	11-3071	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Human Resource Management	11-3111	Compensation and Benefits Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Human Resource Management	11-3121	Human Resources Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Human Resource Management	11-3131	Training and Development Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	13-1020	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-1051	Cost Estimators	primary	1.00	declared
Human Resource Management	13-1071	Human Resources Specialists	primary	1.00	declared
Human Resource Management	13-1075	Labor Relations Specialists	primary	1.00	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	13-1081	Logisticians	primary	1.00	declared
Marketing	13-1121	Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	primary	1.00	declared
Human Resource Management	13-1141	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	primary	1.00	declared
Human Resource Management	13-1151	Training and Development Specialists	primary	1.00	declared
Accounting	13-2011	Accountants and Auditors	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-2031	Budget Analysts	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-2041	Credit Analysts	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-2051	Financial and Investment Analysts	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-2052	Personal Financial Advisors	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-2053	Insurance Underwriters	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-2061	Financial Examiners	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-2072	Loan Officers	primary	1.00	declared
Accounting	13-2081	Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	primary	1.00	declared
Accounting	13-2082	Tax Preparers	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	13-2099	Financial Specialists, All Other	primary	1.00	declared
Information Systems	15-1212	Information Security Analysts	primary	1.00	declared
Information Systems	15-1231	Computer Network Support Specialists	primary	1.00	declared
Information Systems	15-1232	Computer User Support Specialists	primary	1.00	declared
Information Systems	15-1241	Computer Network Architects	primary	1.00	declared
Information Systems	15-1242	Database Administrators	primary	1.00	declared
Information Systems	15-1243	Database Architects	primary	1.00	empirical
Information Systems	15-1244	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	15-2011	Actuaries	primary	1.00	declared
Experience Design and Management	27-1011	Art Directors	primary	1.00	declared
Experience Design and Management	27-1021	Commercial and Industrial Designers	primary	1.00	declared
Experience Design and Management	27-1024	Graphic Designers	primary	1.00	declared
Experience Design and Management	27-1029	Designers, All Other	primary	1.00	declared
Marketing	27-3031	Public Relations Specialists	primary	1.00	declared
Marketing	27-3041	Editors	primary	1.00	declared
Experience Design and Management	27-3042	Technical Writers	primary	1.00	declared
Marketing	27-3043	Writers and Authors	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-1011	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-1012	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-3011	Advertising Sales Agents	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-3021	Insurance Sales Agents	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-3031	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-3091	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-4011	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-4012	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	primary	1.00	declared
Marketing	41-9011	Demonstrators and Product Promoters	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-9041	Telemarketers	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	41-9099	Sales and Related Workers, All Other	primary	1.00	declared
Accounting	43-3031	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	primary	1.00	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	43-5061	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	primary	1.00	declared
Marketing	11-2011	Advertising and Promotions Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Sales	11-2022	Sales Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Marketing	11-2032	Public Relations Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Marketing	11-2033	Fundraising Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Business Management	11-3012	Administrative Services Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Business Management	11-3013	Facilities Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Finance	11-3031	Financial Managers	primary	1.00	declared
Business Management	11-1021	General and Operations Managers	primary	0.90	declared
Information Systems	15-1211	Computer Systems Analysts	primary	0.85	empirical
Marketing	11-2021	Marketing Managers	primary	0.85	declared
Marketing	13-1161	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	primary	0.85	declared
Experience Design and Management	15-1255	Web and Digital Interface Designers	primary	0.80	declared
Information Systems	15-2051	Data Scientists	primary	0.75	empirical
Finance	13-2054	Financial Risk Specialists	primary	0.75	declared
Information Systems	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	primary	0.70	declared
Business Management	13-1082	Project Management Specialists	primary	0.60	declared
Information Systems	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	primary	0.60	declared
Strategic Management	11-1011	Chief Executives	primary	0.60	declared
Sales	43-4051	Customer Service Representatives	primary	0.55	declared
Information Systems	41-9031	Sales Engineers	primary	0.55	empirical
Sales	41-9031	Sales Engineers	contributing	0.45	empirical
Experience Design and Management	43-4051	Customer Service Representatives	contributing	0.45	declared
Strategic Management	13-1041	Compliance Officers	primary	0.45	declared
Business Management	11-9199	Managers, All Other	primary	0.40	declared
Information Systems	15-2041	Statisticians	contributing	0.40	empirical
Entrepreneurial Management	11-1011	Chief Executives	contributing	0.40	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	primary	0.35	empirical
Business Management	13-1111	Management Analysts	primary	0.35	declared
Business Management	13-1199	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	primary	0.35	declared
Information Systems	15-1252	Software Developers	contributing	0.30	empirical
Information Systems	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	contributing	0.30	empirical
Information Systems	13-1041	Compliance Officers	contributing	0.30	declared
Strategic Management	13-2054	Financial Risk Specialists	contributing	0.25	declared
Strategic Management	13-1111	Management Analysts	contributing	0.25	declared
Business Management	15-2051	Data Scientists	contributing	0.25	empirical
Human Resource Management	13-1041	Compliance Officers	contributing	0.25	declared
Information Systems	13-1082	Project Management Specialists	contributing	0.25	declared
Information Systems	11-9199	Managers, All Other	contributing	0.20	declared
Strategic Management	11-9199	Managers, All Other	contributing	0.20	declared
Business Management	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	contributing	0.20	empirical
Information Systems	13-1111	Management Analysts	contributing	0.20	declared
Information Systems	15-1255	Web and Digital Interface Designers	contributing	0.20	declared
Marketing	13-1199	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	contributing	0.20	declared
Finance	13-1199	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	contributing	0.20	declared
Marketing	11-9199	Managers, All Other	contributing	0.20	declared
Business Management	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	contributing	0.15	declared
Experience Design and Management	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	contributing	0.15	declared
Business Management	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	contributing	0.15	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	13-1199	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	contributing	0.15	declared
Entrepreneurial Management	13-1161	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	contributing	0.15	declared
Finance	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	contributing	0.15	empirical
Strategic Management	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	contributing	0.15	declared
Global Supply Chain Management	13-1082	Project Management Specialists	contributing	0.15	declared
Business Management	15-1211	Computer Systems Analysts	contributing	0.15	empirical
Entrepreneurial Management	11-1021	General and Operations Managers	contributing	0.10	declared
Finance	13-1111	Management Analysts	contributing	0.10	declared
Entrepreneurial Management	13-1199	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	contributing	0.10	declared
Entrepreneurial Management	13-1111	Management Analysts	contributing	0.10	declared
Strategic Management	11-2021	Marketing Managers	contributing	0.10	declared
Marketing	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	contributing	0.10	declared
Experience Design and Management	11-2021	Marketing Managers	contributing	0.05	declared

Weight is the fractional allocation of an occupation across disciplines, summing to 1.00 per occupation. basis empirical rests on observed placement records; declared is editorial judgement.

How it was computed

Derived from two editorial files, a partition with one home per SOC code and a polyhierarchical relevance set whose weights sum to 1.00 per code. Both are version-controlled, CI-validated, and were checksummed against the database after loading. Weights are fractional allocations, not probabilities.

How to read it

This is a mapping claim, not a measurement: it says what a discipline prepares students for, not where they went or what employers asked for. basis distinguishes the two kinds of row. empirical rests on observed placement records; declared is the crosswalk author's judgement and should be read as a considered opinion. Unlike the per-discipline AI shares, this does not depend on the title classifier, which is why it publishes while those stay withheld.

Source view: discipline_occupations · published 2026-09-13