Cornell Institute for Public Affairs

We survey our MPA graduates for nine months following graduation. The data below summarizes employment statistics for the MPA classes of 2010 and 2011.

Employment

• Representative Employers
• Median Starting Salary by Sector
• Job Titles for Full-Time Employment
• Awards

Internships

• Representative Internships
• Distribution of Internships by Sector and Location

Postgraduate Activities

Given the diversity of interests and career objectives represented at CIPA, postgraduate activities are distributed across three primary sectors in addition to further graduate studies (PhD or JD).

Representative Employers

• Bank of Montreal, Canada 
• Banyan Global 
• Bo Mathews Center for Excellence 
• Booz Allen Hamilton 
• Bridgeport Education 
• Cayuga Hospitality Advisors 
• CCS Fundraising** 
• Center for Strategic and International Studies 
• Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, International Budget Partnership 
• Central Bank of Brazil
• Central Intelligence Agency 
• Chemonics International 
• China Resources Holding Co., China 
• Citibank Co. Ltd., China 
• CITICS Securities Co. Ltd., China 
• Civilian Complaint Review Board 
• Clafin University 
• Climate Policy Initiative 
• Concern Worldwide 
• Cornell University, Employment & Disability Institute 
• Deloitte and Touche 
• Ecological Society of America 
• Ernst & Young, NYC & Tokyo** 
• FI Consulting 
• General Electric, Japan 
• Goldman Sachs 
• Graham-Pelton Consulting 
• Healthfirst 
• Hoku Corporation 
• Hudson Institute 
• Huron Consulting Group 
• Industrial Economics 
• Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation 
• Inter-American Dialogue 
• International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, Switzerland 
• Food and Agriculture Organization, Italy 
• International Finance Corporation 
• Joseph Investment, China 
• JP Morgan Chase 
• Luce Foundation 
• Mastery Charter Schools 
• Merlins Group 
• Ministry of Finance, Japan 
• Ministry of the Environment, Japan 
• Monitor Group, China 
• Morgan Stanley 
• National Academy of Public Administration 
• New York City Mayor’s Office of Operations 
• New York State Senate 
• O’Hare Serna Farms 
• One Acre Fund, Ethiopia 
• Peace Corps 
• PricewaterhouseCoopers 
• PRO-telligent, LLC 
• Redstone Haute Couture, China 
• Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Development 
• Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, China 
• Sibley International 
• TD Securities, Global Technical & Operations Group, Canada 
• Teach for America 
• Technoserve 
• The Achievement Network 
• The National Development & Planning Agency, Jakarta 
• The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network 
• The Port Authority of NY & NJ 
• UN Development Programme, Kazakhstan 
• UN World Food Programme, Ecuador 
• US Agency for International Development 
• US Congressional Research Service 
• US Department of Health and Human Services 
• US Department of State 
• US Environmental Protection Agency 
• US Food and Drug Administration 
• US Office of Management and Budget 
• Vietnam Education Foundation 
• World Bank, Washington, DC & Pakistan** 
• World Vision 
** multiple offers

Median Starting Salaries by Sector

Job Titles for Full-Time Employment

• Analyst
• Assistant VP Student Life & Director of Residential Life
• Deputy Project Manager
• Director of External Relations
• Director, Strategy and Business Development
• Executive Director
• Financial Analyst
• Foreign Service Officer
• Foundation Fellow
• Intelligence Analyst
• Leadership Fellow
• Management Analyst
• Manager
• Market Project Manager
• National Expert, Public Administration
• Operations Manager
• Planner
• Program Analyst
• Program Associate
• Program Director
• Program Examiner
• Program Officer
• Project Coordinator
• Project Organizing Coordinator
• Public Policy Associate
• Regional Affiliate Manager
• Regional Director Latin America
• Research Assistant
• Research Fellow
• Risk Analyst
• Senate Fellow
• Senior Consultant
• Senior Financial Analyst
• Senior Market Risk Analyst
• Senior Operations Officer
• Senior Policy Analyst

Representative Internships

• AT Kearney, China 
• Accenture
• ACCION
• AFL-CIO
• Africa Business Information Bank, Germany
• AfricAid
• ASEAN, Indonesia
• Atlantic Council
• Aveshka
• Bain and Company, China
• Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality
• Bank of China, Hong Kong
• Bank of Communications, China
• Bosnia Initiatives for Local Development*, Bosnia
• CARE International, Sri Lanka 
• Center for Rural Strategies
• Center for Strategic & Policy Studies, Brunei
• China Galaxy Securities Company Ltd, China
• China Investment Corp, China
• China Labor Watch
• China Life Investment Holding Company, China
• China Social Innovation Foundation, China
• China Venture Capital, China
• Civic Exchange, Hong Kong
• Clinton Foundation
• Congressional Budget Office
• Congressional Research Service
• Corporation for Sustainable Development
• Daiwa Capital Markets Limited, Hong Kong
• Dalian Commodities Exchange, China
• DC Central Kitchen
• District of Columbia Public Schools
• Deloitte and Touche
• Deloitte Tax LLP
• Everbright Securities Co., China
• FINCA
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
• Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
• Girls Inc. of Alameda County
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• INOMA, Mexico
• Inter-American Dialogue
• International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, Switzerland
• International Economic Development Council
• International Food Policy Research Institute
• International Rescue Committee 
• LawMedia Group
• Lower East Side Ecology Center 
• Mark Takano for Congress
• McKinsey & Company, China
• Merrill Lynch
• Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Government of Cambodia
• National Governors Association
• National Organization for Women
• Nawakamal Foundation, Indonesia
• New York City Comptroller’s Office
• New York City Department of Education
• New York City Department of Small Business Affairs
• New York City Economic Development Corp
• New York City Housing Authority
• New York City Housing Preservation and Development
• New York City Office of Management and Budget
• New York State Division of Human Rights
• Office of Colorado Senator Mike Johnston
• Office of US Congressmen Maurice Hinchey
• Ogilvy & Mather, China
• Orient Securities Co. Ltd., China • Poder Academy, Uganda
• Revenue Watch Institute
• School of One
• Shenzhen Airlines, China • State Bank of Pakistan
• Teach for America
• The Carter Center
• The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
• The Nature Conservancy, Tanzania
• The Tata Institute, India*
• The Unforgotten Fund, Zambia
• UBS Hong Kong
• UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• UN Department of Management, Office of HR, Strategic Planning & Staffing
• UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico
• UN Food and Agricultural Organization, Italy
• UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Japan
• UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Cambodia
• UN Population Funds, Cameroon 
• UN Secretariat, Office of Human Resource Management, Outreach Unit
• UN World Food Programme, Italy
• UNICEF*
• United Nations Development Programme, Pakistan & Fiji
• Upward Bound
• US Department of Commerce
• US Department of Health and Human Services
• US Department of Justice
• US Department of State
• US Department of Treasury
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
• US Patent and Trademark Office 
• White House Council on Community Solutions
• Women’s Campaign Fund 
• World Bank*
** multiple offers