EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Master of Arts in International Relations
Employment Statistics • Graduates, December 2013 thru August 2014
Overall Employed or Pursuing Further Education
89 PERCENT EMPLOYED or FURTHER ED
Employment by
Sector
Employment by
Function
Area
NGO
(11%)
Consulting
(15%)
Research
(13%)
Consulting
(17%)
Non-Profit
(11%)
Other *
(18%)
Policy
(17%)
International
Government
(11%)
Federal
Government
(30%)
* “Other”
Communication
(13%)
Humanitarian
(11%)
Project
Management
(20%)
Law (4%)
includes IGOs,
government
contractors, public
relations, international
organizations, and market research
Law (4%)
Security (4%)
Five-Year Sector Trends • Percent of Graduates Entering Sectors, 2010-14
2013
52%
Non-Profit/
NGO
Note: In 2014, 7 percent of graduates worked in other sectors,
which include IGOs, government contractors, public relations,
international organizations, and market research
8%
5% 6%
4%
5% 4% 6%
International
Government
Further
Degree
0%
2%
6%
5%
0%
Law Firm
4%
2% 1%
2012
2011
Private
15%
11%
11%
2014
2013
15%
2014
Federal Gov.
24%
2014
8%
2012
15%
2010
27%
22%
2014
2010
28%
2011
2011
20%
2012
2010
20%
22%
2014
30%
34%
2012
40%
39%
6%
0%
State/
Local Gov’t.
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Masters of Arts in International Relations
Employment Statistics • Graduates, December 2013 thru August 2014
Employers and Job Titles of 2013-14 Graduates
Non-Profit/NGO
Federal Government
Private
CapitalPlus Exchange ●
Research Associate
Department of State ● Special
Agent
Center for International Policy ●
Program Associate
Integrated Statistics/ NOAA ● Post
Doctoral Research Biologist
Ahram Online, Freelance ●
Journalist/Copy Editor,
Analyst/Writer/Producer
Foreign Service Institute ●
Deputy Director-General
(Assistant Director)
Marine Corp ● 2nd Lieutenant
Chemonics International ●
Associate
CorpBanca Corredores de Bolsa
● Head of International Desk
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United
Nations ● Bioenergy
Consultant
Refugee Processing Center ●
Refugee Operations Analyst
U.S. Coast Guard ● Staff Officer
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
U.S. Department of State ● Political
Affairs Officer
U.S. Department of State ● Foreign
Service Officer
Fund For Peace ● Intern
U.S. Department of State ● Intern
Future Leaders Foundation ●
Program Manager
US Army ● Battalion Operations
Officer
Hudson Institute ● Intern
US Department of Defense ●
Researcher
Inter-American Investment
Corporation ● Consultant
Management Systems
International ● Business
Development Associate
Microfinance Opportunities ●
Consultant
One Acre Fun ● Program
Associate
Partnership to Cut Hunger
and Poverty in Africa ●
Communications Associate
Profitable Idea Exchange ●
Associate Director
SAIS ● Research Assistant
Secure Community Network ●
Intelligence Research Analyst
Small Wars Journal ● Author
The World Bank Group ●
Communications Consultant
Vital Voices Global Partnership
● Development and
Engagement Coordinator
World Bank ● Consultant
World Food Programme
●External Relations
Consultant
World Food Programme ●
Logistics Officer
US DOT ● Student Trainee
(Pathways)
USAID ● Disaster Operations
Specialist
USAID ● Information Officer
USAID (via contractor Macfadden) ●
Communications Analyst
Blue Rubicon ● Account
Executive
CSC ● Business Process
Reengineering
Deloitte ● ERS Consultant
Forcier Consulting ● Researcher
Hill+Knowlton Strategies ●
Assistant Account Executive
InnoSpring, Inc. ● Strategic
Communications, Business
Development and Investment
KPMG ● Training Coordinator
Quadel Consulting Corporation ●
Associate
TaiDoc Technology Corp. ●
International Sales Executive
Wakefield Research ● Junior
Associate/Project Manager
Higher Education
Georgetown University, Edmund
A. Walsh School of Foreign
Service ● MA, Security
Studies/Military Operations
USAID office of US foreign
disaster assistance (OFDA) ●
Information Officer
Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International
Studies ● MA, International
Relations
International
Government
Harvard University ● PhD,
Government/Political Science
Embassy of Georgia ● Executive
Assistant to the Ambassador
Japan International Cooperation
Agency ● Program Officer
Law
D.J. & J.A. Cirando, Esqs. ● Law
Clerk
Superior Court of New Jersey ●
Law Clerk
State & Local Gov’t
NYS Department of Tax and
Finance ● Taxpayer Services
Representative
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