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Employment Data

MPP Employment Data

MPP 2023 Employment Data (86% knowledge rate). 98% of MPP students secured employment, are pursuing a PhD or other continued education within one year of graduating. Sector breakdown: 38% Nonprofit Sector; 29% Public Sector; 27% Private Sector; 6% Graduate School.

The Price School’s 2023 Master of Public Policy (MPP) graduating class are pursuing a diverse range of careers across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

Common roles:

  • Policy/Data Analyst
  • Program Manager/Associate
  • Project Manager/Specialist

Location:

75% California-69% Southern, 6% Northern | 25% Out of State– District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia

Listed below are examples of the organizations at which the class of 2023 are currently employed.

Graduate School

Columbia Business School, Ph.D.
Indiana University Bloomington, Ph.D. Public Affairs
University of Virginia, Ph.D. Politics

Nonprofit Sector

Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
Brookings Institution
Congressional Communities
East Side Riders Bike Club
EnCiv
Georgia Health Policy Center
GRACE & End Child Poverty California
InfraGrad Members Alliance
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
RAND
Rising Communities
Sheihk/Impact
State Bar of California
United Auto Workers
University of Southern California
USC Center for Economic and Social Research
USC Gould School of Law

Private Sector

Accenture
Athens Services
Benson Strategy Group
Berkeley Research Group
eBay, Government Relations
Enhesa
Gravity Research
Hims & Hers
ICF International
KPMG
Mark Thomas
SoCal Grantmakers
Twitch

Public Sector

California Department of Justice
California Legislative Analyst Office
California Public Utilities Commission (I)
City of Long Beach
City of Torrance
Controllers Office City of Los Angeles
Covered California
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
San Diego Association of Governments
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
U.S. House of Representatives

Past Employment Data

2022
2021
2020