What sort of careers do MPP graduates pursue?
The MPP prepare students to become future policy-makers. The job market for graduates with an MPP degree is highly diverse, encompassing the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors at the local/regional, state, national, and international levels. The MPP curriculum best prepares students to professionally enter a field as a policy analyst. Although MPP graduates become specialists, managers, directors, and leaders in public affairs, their training best prepares them with quantitative and analytical skills for the policy-making process. Graduates may work for public agencies or offices at all levels of government, not-for-profits such as the League of Women Voters, Crystal Stairs, the Ford Foundation, or the Children’s Defense Fund; non-governmental organizations such as the Legislative Analyst’s Office, World Bank, UNESCO, and International Red Cross; and private businesses, consulting firms, and the media such as EQE International, Anderson Consulting, Fox Broadcasting, and the Ne
