Graduate Admissions

Questions?

  • SPA: Graduate Admissions
    (202)885-6230
    spagrad@american.edu
    Ward Circle Building, Room 310

    Jacqueline Linde
    Assistant Dean

    Brenda Manley
    Director of Graduate Admissions

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SPA Careers

Careers Chart

Federal, State, and Local Government

  • City of Boston, Massachusetts
  • District of Columbia Office of the Inspector General
  • National Security Agency
  • U.S. Congress
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • U.S. Department of Education

International

  • Amnesty International
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • Nippon Foundation
  • United Nations
  • World Bank

Private for Profit

  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Deloitte
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • ICF International
  • Lockheed Martin

Private Not for Profit

  • AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families
  • Brookings Institution
  • Family Health International

SPA Graduates

  • Employed: 86%
  • Pursuing Advanced Degree: 5%
  • Employed & Pursuing Degree: 1%
  • Seeking Employment: 8%

Salaries

  • Above $60,000: 29%
  • $50,000 - $59,999: 33%
  • $40,000 - $49,999: 24%
  • $30,000 - $39,999: 8%
  • $20,000 - $29,999: 2%
  • Less than $20,000: 4%

  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • U.S. Senate
  • Green Building Certification Institute
  • Higher Education for Development
  • Pew Research Center
  • Urban Institute

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