What kind of jobs do SFS grads land?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>I know that a lot of the people who teach at SFS are like no other, and these are some of the best and the brightest young political minds.</p>

<p>What kind of jobs have they gotten in the past? Do a lot go on to work for the CIA or FBI? Do some go on to some other job in the State Department? Do a majority of grads stay in DC? I'm sure some go to law school or get their MBA. </p>

<p>As I typed this, I realized that it was School of FOREIGN Service, so a lot of grads work abroad, maybe in U.S. embassies or with the CIA like I said above?</p>

<p>I think it would be awesome to go to SFS, but I doubt I'll get in, but one can hope...</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>There is an old thread on this with a link to the placement website. Run a search and you will be good.</p>

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<p>This is what the class of 2008 did after graduation.</p>

<p><a href=“Cawley Career Education Center | Georgetown University”>Cawley Career Education Center | Georgetown University;

<p>Other reports can be found here.</p>

<p><a href=“Cawley Career Education Center | Georgetown University”>Cawley Career Education Center | Georgetown University;

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<p>President of the United States – Bill Clinton SFS '68</p>

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<p>Those salaries are really low.</p>

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<p>Haha, what were you expecting? Average starting salaries out of most elite colleges is similar, unless you are looking at engineering schools.</p>

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<p>Wow, that surprises me-those salaries seem very low for such an elite and highly respected school. I wonder why, is that typical? The starting salaries in 2008 from the school of comp sci at Carnegie Mellon are almost double that.</p>

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<p>I imagine that the average is lowered by the high number of graduates who go into public service/government positions.</p>

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<p>Over 75% of SFS grads complete graduate degrees so the first job is usually not the terminal career track job for most of the graduates. The majority of the grads, will become top 10 MBAS, top 14 attorneys and senior diplomats or spies (who have defined benefit pensions and such perks as the opportunity in many cases to attend free grad school as they are paid their salaries, tax free alowances, etc. that are unheard of in the corporate world today. Government salaries in the top Federal agencies easily reach six figures in the early to mid 30 age range and the pension is often worth close to seven figures at retirement.)</p>

<p>To illustrate my point, my five SFS roommates included a Columbia MBA, Penn JD, Georgetown JD, MIchigan MBA and Cal-Berkeley Ph.D. (None of us were summas or magnas so this is a representative picture of middle of the road SFSers). Three of the group did not attend grad school immediately and had low paying jobs in their first year out as a teacher in a parochial grade school, a researcher at a think tank and a TA in a Ph.d. program. If one took a snapshot of the group in the first year after graduation the low initial salaries of the group of three would have looked below average,and perhaps even pathetic. But all that that would show is how meaningless first year salaries are in the context of a person’s final career.</p>