Careers and Outcomes
Career Resources
Learn more about where you can take your career in public policy and learn about the career resources that our Office of Career Development provides.
Office of Career Development and Alumni Engagement Fact Sheet
*Note, all incoming students will receive access to McCourtConnects during Foundations and Orientation week in August.
Employment Outcomes
The McCourt School sends an employment survey to graduates six months after graduation. The data from the May 2023 graduating class is below. Review data from previous years here .
280 responses were received from the Class of 2023.
| Employment Outcomes | No. of Respondents | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Employed/ accepted full-time employment | 267 | 95.36% |
| Pursuing further education | 6 | 2.14% |
| Seeking employment | 2 | 0.71% |
| Not Employed and Not Seeking Employment | 3 | 1.07% |
| Other (Fellowship, employed but seeking other opportunities, etc.) | 2 | 0.71% |
Employment Sectors
From the May 2023 graduates survey, students were employed in the following sectors:
Where do our graduates go?
Out of the graduates who responded to our survey (May 2023 class), graduates either stayed in DC or moved to the following states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington state.
Internationally, 2023 graduates moved to countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Dominican Republic, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
What types of positions do graduates get?
Below is a sample of some of the companies/ organizations and titles our May 2022 graduates have:
| Partial List of Employers | Partial List of Titles |
|---|---|
| AARP | Advisor |
| Accenture | Analyst |
| Amtrak | Associate Energy Policy Analyst |
| Boeing | Civil Rights Program Senior Consultant |
| Booz Allen Hamilton | Clean Transportation Policy Engagement Specialist |
| Capital One | Communications Manager |
| Catholic Relief Services | Congressional Hearings Chief |
| Center for Law and Social Policy | Consultant |
| Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership | Cyber Policy Analyst |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Data Analyst |
| Chevron | Data Scientist |
| Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions | Deputy Commissioner |
| City of San Antonio | Deputy Director |
| Comcast | Development Associate |
| Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute | Digital Development Consultant |
| Congressional Research Service | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Speaker |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Economics Analyst |
| Consumer Report | Economist |
| Deloitte | Education Equity Data Scientist |
| Democratic National Committee | Education Policy Fellow |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Energy and Climate Change Advisor |
| Ernst & Young | Financial Policy Analyst |
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York | Financial Fairness Policy Fellow |
| Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms | Foreign Service Officer |
| Global Partnership for Education | Head of Strategy and Innovation |
| Global Poverty Research Lab | Health Policy Fellow |
| Government Accountability Office | International Research Analyst |
| Greenpeace International | International Trade Analyst |
| Huawei Technologies | Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Safety Team Lead |
| Inter-American Development Bank | K-12 Policy Analyst |
| International Monetary Fund | Legislative Aide |
| Mathematica | Manager of Energy, Resilience and Sustainability Policy |
| MITRE Corporation | Policy and Operations Manager |
| National Center for Youth Law | Presidential Management Fellow |
| New York City Department of Social Services | Program Officer |
| Pan American Development Foundation | Project Manager |
| Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia | Public Policy and Congressional Engagement Fellow |
| Salesforce | Regional Election Administration Director |
| Securities Exchange Commission | Research Specialist |
| The Aspen Institute | Responsible AI and Data Governance Consultant |
| The World Bank | Senior Consultant |
| United Nations – ESCAP | Senior Data Analyst |
| Urban Institute | Strategy Analyst |
| US Census Bureau | Strategy Associate |
| US House of Representatives | Survey Statistician |
| USAID | Tax Analyst |
| Washington State Department of Commerce | Trade and Manufacturing Manager |
| White House | Workforce Analyst |