MPA Placements
The Career Services Office assists students in their job search. In concert with the MPA program’s mission, MPA graduates assume leadership public service positions whether in public, private, or nonprofit organizations and are helping improve governance and management of public and nonprofit organizations. Listed below is the distribution of MPA graduates in the types of public services positions they secure.
| MPA GRADUATES | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2009-2010 | 2010-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Service | In-Service | Pre-Service | In-Service | Other | Other | |
| Total Number of Graduates | 27 | 46 | 21 | 61 | 3 | 1 |
| National Government (US) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| State Government (US) | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Local Government (US) | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Foreign Government | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nonprofit – domestic | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Nonprofit – Int’l oriented | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Private sector – research/consulting | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Private sector – not research/consulting | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Obtaining further education | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed/td>120600 | ||||||
| Status Unknown | 6 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 |