Placement and Career Outcomes
The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program prepares students for professional success in career positions in public, private, and nonprofit agencies.
Each year the School of Management surveys MPA graduates to confirm where and how they are applying their education. A substantial proportion work in state and local government. Social service agencies, private sector contractors, and healthcare systems are significant employers as well.
Industry
Based on graduates from the Class of 2020 who found full-time roles, launched a company, or returned to a family business.
- Consulting / Financial Services: 9%
- Government: 55%
- Healthcare: 14%
- Nonprofit: 13%
- Other (Manufacturing, Retail): 9%
Job Functions
Based on graduates from the Class of 2020 who found full-time roles, launched a company, or returned to a family business.
- General Management / Human Resources: 14%
- Information Technology / Data Analytics: 9%
- Marketing / Sales: 13%
- Operations/Logistics: 27%
- Public Services: 28%
- Other (Finance, Consulting): 9%
Average Salary
$80,971
Average starting salary reported by students (Class of 2020)
Employers
Recent graduates and alumni of our MPA program are employed in administrative and management positions at all levels of government, health service organizations, public safety, and nonprofit agencies.
CITY/COUNTY/LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- City and County of San Francisco
- City of Albany
- City of Berkeley
- City of Elk Grove
- City of San Jose
- City of Santa Clarita
- Contra Costa County
- County of San Luis Obispo
- County of San Mateo
- County of Santa Clara
- Marin County
- Napa County
- Plumas County
- Port of Oakland
- Portola Valley
- Redwood City
- San Francisco Dept Public Health
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
- Village of Wauconda, IL
STATE/REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
- Agricultural Labor Relations Board
- California State Assembly
- CalRecycle
- First District Court of Appeal of California
- Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
- Hawaii State House of Representatives
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
- State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- State of California Department of General Services
- State of California Department of Health Care Services
- State of California Department of Rehabilitation
- State of California Department of Social Services
- State of California Department of Technology
- State of California Employment Development Department
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Social Security Administration
- The Presidio Trust
- Travis Air Force Base
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
PRIVATE SECTOR
- Bay Alarm
- Deloitte
- Fannie Mae
- Fenwick & West
- Genentech
- Johnson & Johnson
- Keller Williams
- Ozumo Concepts, Inc
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- Raytheon
- Social Policy Research Associates
- Vanir Construction Management
- Wells Fargo
- Yelp
- YouTube LLC
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
- BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
- Catholic Charities
- California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
- East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
- Hmong Cultural Center of Butte County
- Institute for Local Government
- Room to Read
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Youth Radio
HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
- Contra Costa County Health Services
- Dignity Health
- Hawaii Public Health Institute
- HealthRIGHT360
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kaweah Delta Health Care District
- Marin Community Clinic
- Northern California Medical Associates
- Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
- Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- Shasta Regional Medical Center
- Stanford Health Care
- Stanford University Medical Center
- Sutter Health
- UC Davis Health System
- UCSF Medical Center
- Valley Health Plan
EDUCATION
- Clovis Unified School District
- Fremont Union High School District
- Hayward Unified School District
- Ohlone College
- Peregrine School
- San Francisco Unified School District
- Stanford University
- The Peninsula College Fund
- UC Davis
- UC Office of the President
- UC San Francisco
- University of San Francisco
- WestEd
PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICE
- Fairfax Police Department
- Oakland Police Department
- Sacramento Police Department
- San Francisco Department of Emergency Management
- San Francisco Police Department
- San Francisco Sheriff’s Office