Career Resources for Current PACE Students
- Go to SF State Career and Leadership Development for assistance with your career services
- Make sure to catch the career panels and speakers hosted by PACE and CLD throughout the semester
- Check out PACE’s student-facing Canvas site for career resources & job opportunities, including public and nonprofit employment sites and job/internship announcements
MPA Alumni Employment (Graduates 2022 – 2023)
Six months after our Academic Year 2022 – 2023 graduates completed the distribution of their employment by sector mirroring past years, with the greatest number employed by local government and domestically oriented nonprofit organizations. Employment by state government agencies was also consistent with past years. More were employed by internationally oriented nonprofits.
- Eighty-eight percent of students who graduated in academic year 2022 – 2023 were employed when they began the MPA Program. On average, they had 7 years of professional experience and 3 years in the position they held at the time.
- Ninety-four percent indicated they were on the right career track when they graduated as compared to when they began the program.
- Many of them experienced career changes while pursuing their degrees, with 50% being promoted, 56% getting new jobs, 13% changing sectors, and 19% changing agencies.
- Our 2022 – 2023 graduates felt that the MPA Program prepared them well for their careers. According to the exit survey that year, on average graduates scored us near the top of a 7-point rating scale for each of the following:
- Feeling qualified for an entry-level position (6.6)
- Feeling qualified for a mid-level position (6.5)
- Feeling the MPA prepared them for their job/career (6.4)
Sector of Employment
|
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| City, county, or other local government |
29% |
| Nonprofit domestic-oriented |
26% |
| Nonprofit/NGO internationally-oriented |
11% |
| Status Unknown |
11% |
| State or regional government |
9% |
| Federal government |
6% |
| Private Sector - Research/Consulting |
3% |
| Obtaining further education |
3% |
| Unemployed (seeking employment) |
3% |
| Total |
100% |