Recent Employment Statistics

2024 MPA/MUP/MHA Employment Statistics

Our graduates work in public and nonprofit management, healthcare, urban planning, policy analysis, public finance, financial management, and international development. In local, national, and international arenas, NYU Wagner alumni play significant roles redeveloping communities, advocating for social justice, and providing vital health and human services.

Explore where our graduates are working by degree program:

 

WITHIN 10 MONTHS, 95% ARE EMPLOYED*

95% of students are employed within 10 months of graduation

Graduates work across sectors

51% nonprofit/NGO; 25% private/for profit; 14% local government; 5% federal government; 4% state government

*Represents a 77% knowledge rate of graduates for whom NYU Wagner has verifiable information concerning their post-graduation career activities

37%

Average increase in salary that students from all degree programs earned after graduating*

*Includes data from the 76 graduates who provided both their current annual salary and last annual salary prior to enrolling at Wagner for full-time positions

 

 

$94,586

Average annual salary that students from all degree programs earned after graduating**

**Includes data from the 97 graduates who provided their current annual salary for full-time positions.

Employment Statistics Data

2024 Graduates around the Globe:

A majority of graduates are working in the US: California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

Many graduates are working outside of the US: Australia, Canada, Chile, China, France, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and United Kingdom.

2024 Salary Data

37% = Average increase in salary that students from all degree programs earned after graduating *

$94,586 =  Average annual salary that students from all degree programs earned after graduating **

*Includes data from the 76 graduates who provided both their current annual salary and last annual salary prior to enrolling at Wagner for full-time positions
** Includes data from the 97 graduates who provided their current annual salary for full-time positions.