2019 CLASS OF 2019 DEGREE PROGRAMS AND STUDENT AFFAIRS EMPLOYMENT OCAOFFICE OF CAREER ADVANCEMENT SNAPSHOT HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL | OFFICE OF CAREER ADVANCEMENT CLASS OF 2019 EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT Class of 2019 Employment Sectors Launching Public Service Careers We invite you to explore where the HKS Class of 2019 is applying classroom training and experience as they National/Federal Government 20% IGO 7% address our many global challenges. This report reflects State/Provincial Government 4% City/Local/Regional Government 3% our graduates’ first positions immediately following their Kennedy School degree programs. % % 25 34 NONPROFIT/NGO PUBLIC & IGO 219 Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) 207 Master in Public Policy (MPP) Class of 2019 569 Graduates* 4% unspecified* 62 % 81 Master in Public Administration/ 37 Master in Public Administration International Development (MPA) PRIVATE (MPA/ID) *These 569 graduates received their degrees in May 2019. *Unspecified includes campaign work, new venture, or undisclosed. 1 2 HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL | OFFICE OF CAREER ADVANCEMENT CLASS OF 2019 EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT Class of 2019 Highlights Our Graduates’ Salaries ___ Averages and medians cannot tell the full story. As you will see in the following pages, our graduates are incredibly diverse—from the skills, 569 85% TOP 5 interests, and professional experiences graduates are working in they have, to where they live and work, 55 countries and of employers engaged only industry destinations for and their countries of citizenship. territories, 24 U.S. states, one graduate, reflecting a the Class of 2019 were Our Office of Career Advancement team works one-on-one with students Washington DC, and continued trend highlighting government, consulting, the unique career trajectories education, finance, and to navigate their unique situations and Puerto Rico help clarify salary expectations and of our alumni technology negotiate job offers. 92 countries/ territories represented in this class Some top destinations for the class: THE U.S. FEDERAL INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT The U.S. federal government continues Our data reflects 20% of Over 75 graduates joined 35 strategy to be our top employer: 48 graduates employed graduates are working and economic consulting firms in this class are working in 20 federal in international development on in 18 countries advising on topics departments and agencies. social, political, and economic as wide-ranging as sustainability, 94% 40% transitioned into the U.S. issues through government, infrastructure, diplomacy, energy, federal government. multilateral institutions such as the security, technology, and social of our graduates were World Bank and the United Nations, sector capacity building. employed, running for elected NGOs, and the private sector. office, launching a new venture, or continuing their education OUR PROCESS: Numbers provided in this report have been rounded up/down, when necessary, to help simplify reporting. The HKS Office of Career Advancement (OCA) collected data from March through October 2019 using a variety of techniques, including an exit survey and follow-up survey in October, individual email inquiries, and publicly available sources. Employment information on 93% of the Class of 2019 May graduates is represented in this report. 3 4 80% 80% 70% 70% 45% 45% 60% 40% 60% 40% 35% 50% 35% 50% 30% 30% 40% 40% ALL 25% ALL 25% PROGRAMS PROGRAMS SECTOR 30% SECTOR 20% 30% COMPARION 20% COMPARION 15% 20% 15% 20% 10% MPA 10% MPA 10% 10% 5% 5% 0% HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL | OFFICE OF CAREER ADVANCEMENT 0% CLASS OF 2019 EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT 0% 0% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Employment Sector and Citizenship HKS graduates continue to choose diverse ways to incorporate public service into A comparison over the past five years Employment their careers working across sectors, policy areas, and industries around the globe. Sector In any given year, employment sector choice can be affected by market 60% 50% 60% fluctuations, significant global events, and 50% 55% 45% 55% Comparison politics. Many graduates, particularly in 45% 50% 40% 50% our joint and concurrent degree programs, 40% 45% 35% 45% are exploring the impact private industry 35% 40% 40% Over Time can have on pressing public problems. 30% U.S. and Permanent 30% 35% However, over time, reporting shows 25% 35% Resident Graduates 25% 30% two-thirds of Kennedy School sole degree 20% 30% 20% 25% graduates consistently choosing public or 25% 15% USA PERM RES 15% nonprofit/NGO employment as a first job. USA PERM RES 20% 10% 20% 10% 15% 5% 15% 5% MC/MPA 10% 0% MC/MPA 10% 0% 5% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 5% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 0% 0% Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 May Graduates 2015 – 2019 Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 80% Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 70% 45% 60% 40% 50% 50% 50% 50% 45% 35% 45% 50% 45% 45% 40% 40% 40% 30% 40% 40% 35% 35% 35%ALL 25% 35% 30% 30% 30%PROGRAMS 30% SECTOR 30% 25% 20% 25% 25%COMPARION International 25% MPP International MPP 20% International 20% 20% 15% 20% 20% 15% Graduates 15% 15% 10% 15% MPA 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 20162015 20172016 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 5 6 50% 60% 50% 50% 45% 55% 45% 45% 40% 40% 50% 40% 35% 35% 45% 30% 35% 30% MPA/ID 40% MPA/ID 25% 25% 30% 20% 35% 20% 25% 15% 30% 15% 20% 10% 10% 25% 15% 5% USA5% PERM RES 20% 0% 10% 0% 15% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 5% 2016 2017 2018 2019 MC/MPA 10% Public and0% IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 5% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 0% Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 50% 50% 45% 45% 40% 40% 35% 35% 30% 30% 25% 25% International MPP 20% 20% 15% 15% 10% 10% 5% 5% 0% 0% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% MPA/ID 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 80% 70% 45% 60% 40% 35% 50% 30% 40% ALL 25% HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL | OFFICE OF CAREER ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMS CLASS OF 2019 EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT 30% SECTOR 20% COMPARION 15% 20% EMPLOYERS OF 10% MPA 2019 MPP GRADUATES 10% Employment Sector 5% MPP0% Breakdown U.S. District Court for the Eastern International Refugee Assistance 0% SKDKnickerbocker 2015 2016 2017 2019 District of Louisana Project 2018 PUBLIC AND IGO 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total2019 Impact Capital Master in Public Policy U.S. District Court for the Northern Johns Hopkins Hospital Transit Bank for International Settlements District of Illinois Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGOSocial Finance Private Unspecified PUBLIC U.S. Federal Reserve Board TylerTech The rigorous two-year MPP Program prepares our students to City of New Orleans, Louisiana of Governors University of Colorado Family understand complex global and local policy problems and construct WXY Studio City of New York, New York Medicine Residency U.S. Judiciary concrete solutions. Through courses, exercises, and fieldwork, MPPs Weill Cornell Medicine and Africa Healthcare Network Commonwealth of Massachusetts New York Presbyterian Hospital master a conceptual tool kit that draws on the social sciences but is Bain & Company Federal Reserve Bank of New York World Economic Forum adapted for action. They arrive at HKS committed to improving the Boston Consulting Group Government of Brazil NONPROFIT/NGO Yale-New Haven Hospital world60% and equip themselves by developing broad-spectrum analytic Chime Government of Canada 50% competency.55% This translates into intellectual honesty, a hunger for % Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Future Energy Enterprises 23 Government of Colombia 45% evidence, and the capacity to extract answerable questions from 50% National/Federal Government 17% 40% Bridgespan Group Goldman Sachs Government of the District PRIVATE the messy clutter of real-world public problems. State/Provincial Government 3% of Columbia 45% 35% British Columbia Children’s Hospital Grab City/Local/Regional Government 3% Government of the Republic 40% 30% Catholic Relief Services Ad Hoc, LLC Hawkfish of South Korea 35% 25% Ceres AlphaBeta Hogan Lovells Government of Singapore IGO 30% 20% Children’s Defense Fund Amazon KKR Capstone Government of Sri Lanka 25% 15% Commonwealth Children’s Fund Asan* Macquarie Capital 207 Graduates Joint or Concurrent Degrees International OrganizationUSA PERM RES 20% for Migration 30% international 28 Business 10% Elton John AIDS Foundation AV&Co McKinsey & Company New York City Economic 15% 207 Representing 30 10 Medicine 5% Extinction Rebellion Behavioral Insights Team OODA Health Development Corporation Graduates countries/territories MC/MPA 10% 8 Law 0% Organisation for Economic Forward Cities Boston Consulting Group PharmaCCX 1 Design 5% Co-operation and Development 2015Harvard Humanitarian2016 Initiative Chord2017 2018 Ropes2019 & Gray LLP 0% % Reserve Bank of Australia Hecho Por Nosotros Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies TowerBrook Capital Partners 3 Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 State of Louisiana Institute for the Future of Work CrowdStrike Tyton Partners USAID Public and IGO Nonprofit/NGO Private Unspecified JustFix.nyc Delivery Associates X, The Moonshot Factory U.S.