Graduates from the Master of Public Administration find employment across sectors (public, private, and non-profit) and at all levels of government (national, state, and local). This table summarizes type of employment placement for students who graduated from the MPA in 2016-17.
| Employment Sector | Number of Placements |
National or central government in the same country as the program | 3 |
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program | 2 |
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program | 15 |
Government not in the same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi-governmental | 2 |
Nonprofit domestic-oriented | 18 |
Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented | |
Private Sector – Research/Consulting | 7 |
Private Sector but not research/ consulting | 18 |
Obtaining further education | 7 |
Military Service | 1 |
Unemployed (not seeking employment) | 2 |
Unemployed (seeking employment) | 2 |
Status Unknown | 25 |
Total | 102 |
| Employment Sector | Number of Placements |
National or central government in the same country as the program | 1 |
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program | 7 |
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program | 3 |
Government not in the same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi-governmental | |
Nonprofit domestic-oriented | 3 |
Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented | |
Private Sector – Research/Consulting | |
Private Sector but not research/ consulting | 2 |
Obtaining further education | |
Military Service | |
Unemployed (not seeking employment) | |
Unemployed (seeking employment) | |
Status Unknown | 6 |
Total | 22 |
| Employment Sector | Number of Placements | |
National or central government in the same country as the program | 2 | |
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program | 3 | |
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program | 10 | |
Government not in the same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi-governmental | ||
Nonprofit domestic-oriented | 17 | |
Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented | ||
Private Sector – Research/Consulting | 6 | |
Private Sector but not research/ consulting | 8 | |
Obtaining further education | 1 | |
Military Service | 2 | |
Unemployed (not seeking employment) | ||
Unemployed (seeking employment) | 2 | |
Status Unknown | 5 | |
Total | 56 |