Alumni and Careers

MSFS is committed to helping students build challenging and rewarding career paths after graduation. Through both curricular and extracurricular activities, students create their own personal network of career advocates on and off campus. Each graduate leaves MSFS equipped with knowledge and skills that can be applied over a lifetime.

Today, MSFS alumni can be found throughout U.S. and other government agencies, private corporations, and non-governmental organizations. During the past decade, more than 95 percent of all MSFS graduates have found permanent employment within six months of graduation.

MSFS’20 Employment Report

99% Employment Success Employed and Continuing Their Education
9% Working Abroad Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Private – 29%

  • Ascendant Program Services
  • Deloitte
  • Ernst & Young
  • Eurasia Group

Public – 46%

  • U.S. Congress
  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • USAID
  • U.S. Department of Energy

Nonprofit – 15%

  • Atlantic Council
  • Church World Service
  • Congressional Research Service
  • Vital Voices Global Partnership
  • Refugees International

Multilateral – 10%

  • International Labour Organization
  • International Monetary Fund
  • United Nations Foundation
  • World Bank Group

The above numbers and sample of employers are based on a 84% knowledge rate of the Class of 2020’s employment status (as of March 2021).