Employment By Sector

 


US Median Salary

$70,000

Public Sector

$80,000

Private Sector

$62,500

Nonprofit Sector

Employment

92.1%

Employed / Pursuing
Further Study

7.6%

Seeking Employment

0.3%

Not Seeking Employment

Employment information as reported by the graduates six months after graduation.

 

Employment Rate By Degree Program

 

Examples of Employers

PUBLIC SECTOR  
  • Bank of China
  • California Public Utilities Commission
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • International Finance Corporation
  • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
  • Ministry of Treasury and Finance of Turkey
  • New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
  • United States Department of Defense
  • United States Department of State
  • World Bank
PRIVATE SECTOR  
  • A.T. Kearney
  • Bain & Company
  • BlackRock
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Boston Consulting Group
  • ConEdison
  • Credit Suisse
  • Deloitte
  • EY
  • Facebook
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • KPMG
  • McKinsey & Company
  • Moody's
  • Morgan Stanley
  • PwC/Guidehouse
  • Statoil
  • Synpulse Management Consulting
NONPROFIT SECTOR  
  • Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal)
  • Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Committee to Protect Journalists
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Energy Futures Initiative
  • Innovations for Poverty Action
  • International Peace Institute
  • International Rescue Committee
  • Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
  • New York City Economic Development Corporation
  • Samaritan's Purse
  • United Federation of Teachers

 

SIPA Graduates Around the World

An interactive map of SIPA alumni and their first destination jobs around the world.

 

Graduation Rate Statistics
Graduation rate statistics
(cumulative)*

MPA-EPM

(out of 52 initially enrolled students)

MPA-ESP

(out of 63 initially enrolled students)

MIA

(out of 253 initially enrolled students)

MPA

(out of 235 initially enrolled students)

MPA-DP

(out of 53 initially enrolled students)

EMPA

(out of 92 initially enrolled students)
% of students graduated within 1 year 90% 98% N/A N/A N/A N/A
% of students graduated within 2 years 100% 98% 90% 89% 89% N/A
% of students graduated within 3 years 100% 98% 97% 98% 98% 90%
% of students graduated within 4 years N/A N/A 98% 98% 100% 93%

*2013-14 AY matriculating cohort. MIA and MPA figures exclude students enrolled in dual degree programs.

Employment data for the class of 2018, collected by survey 6 months after graduation.