Employers, Recent MPP Graduates
- Ambon City Government
- American Nurses Association
- American Sustainable Business Network
- Avalere Health
- Axiom Strategies
- Buckley LLP
- Care.com, Inc.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Chesapeake Research Consortium
- City of Chicago
- Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
- Deloitte
- Earth Day Network
- Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
- Environmental Investigation Agency
- EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
- FHI 360
- General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.
- Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada
- Haley Stevens For Congress
- Housing Counseling Services
- ICF
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Leidos
- Lever Fund
- Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
- Migration Policy Institute
- Mothership Strategies
- National Academy of Sciences
- National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
- National Association of Counties
- National Breast Cancer Coalition
- National MS Society
- Neighborhood Investment Impact Fund
- Oceana
- Office of the State Superintendent of Education
- Peace Corps
- Perspecta
- PHI
- Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC
- SciStarter
- Synergy Enterprises, Inc.
- The A21 Campaign, Inc
- The James Hollister Wellness Foundation
- The Raben Group
- The Urban Institute
- The World Bank Group
- TM Associates Management, Inc.
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Department of Education/Office of Inspector General
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of Justice/Office of the Inspector General
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Office of the Secretary, The Council Office of Racial Equity
- United Nations Development Programme
- Urban Institute
MPP Employment By the Numbers, 2022-23
Prior to Graduation/Final Semester | Post Graduation (Six Months)* | ||
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% Employed Full Time | 61% | % Employed | 86% |
% Employed Part Time | 20% | ||
% in Internships | 7% | ||
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% in Public Sector | 21% | % in Public Sector | 26% |
% in Nonprofit Sector | 37% | % in Nonprofit Sector | 51% |
% in Private Sector | 22% | % in Private Sector | 23% |
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*For more information on post-graduation employment, see: We Know Success, MPP
Representative MPP Internship Sites, 2022-23
- Aerem Nova Energy Storage Inc
- American Legion through the Washington Center
- American Lung Association
- American Sustainable Business Network
- American University Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies
- AmeriCorps
- Becky Lee Women’s Support Fund
- BitautoCompany, Beijing
- Center for American Progress
- Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Council on Foreign Relations
- D.C. Public Schools Central Office
- Democracy Fund
- Department of Commerce: Economic Development Administration
- Earth Day Network
- Energy Innovation Reform Project
- Eterprise Community Partners
- Feminist for Peace, Rights, and Justice Centre
- Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA)
- Green Acres School
- Healthcare Ready
- Higher Heights for America
- Monument Policy Group
- National Association of Counties
- National Partnership for Women and Families
- National Security Archives
- Nonviolence International (NVI)
- Northeast-Midwest Institute
- Office of Senator Shelley Moore Capito
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Population Council
- Public Citizen
- Scenic America
- Serve Your City
- Serve Your City Ward 6 Mutual Aid
- Signal Group DC
- Strathmore
- The Center for Sexual Justice
- The World Bank Group
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Justice/Office of the Inspector General
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- U.S. House Congressman Seth Moulton
- UNESCO MGIEP, Promundo
- United States House of Representatives
- United States of Care
- United Way Worldwide
- Washington DC Dept of Transportation
- White House Office of Management and Budget
- Womens Leadership Institute
- World Food Program (WFP) USA
Recent MPP Practicum Projects
Client: Southwest Business Improvement District
Project: Southwest Business Improvement District Policy Memo
Client: International Justice Mission
Project: Shifts Towards Justice: Recommendations On Crafting A Theory Of Change To Eradicate Modern-Day Slavery
Client: Office of Policy Development and Research
Project: Recommendations for the Implementation and Enforcement Issues of the Smoke-Free Housing Rule
Client: National Juvenile Justice Network on the Youth Justice Leadership Institute.
Project: 2018 National Juvenile Justice Network Evaluation Report
Client: The USAID Office of Land and Urban
Project: USAID Indonesia Data Visualization
Client: ICF
Project: First Generation College Student Success: Theory and Practice
Client: Just Detention International-South Africa
Project: Prison Policy and Strategic Analysis
Client: National League of Cities
Project: Identify minute trends contributing to city manager uncertainty regarding the fiscal health of their cities in the post-recession era (2010-2017).
Concentration Featured: Advanced Policy Analysis
Semester | Courses | Level |
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Fall (1) | PUAD 601: Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis I PUAD 606: Foundations of Policy Analysis PUAD 670: Economics for Policy Analysis |
All courses are core requirements, should be taken in the first semester. |
Spring (2) | PUAD 602: Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis II PUAD 616: Legal Basis of Public Administration PUAD 631: Financing Government Services |
Core Requirement Core Requirement for Legal, Org, Ethical Context Core Requirement |
Summer (3) | PUAD 684: Organizational Analysis | Core Requirement |
Fall (4) | PUAD 603: Policy Process PUAD 604: Public Program Evaluation PUAD 672: Advanced Quantitative Methods |
Core Requirement Concentration Option* Concentration Option* |
Spring (5) | PUAD 671: Cost Benefit Analysis PUAD 688: Policy Practicum [Any elective of your choosing, e.g. PUAD 685: Social Policy] |
Concentration Option* Core Requirement Elective |
* Any of these courses will also count towards the Applied Policy Analysis requirement for the MPP program as a whole.
Concentration Featured: Social Policy
Semester | Courses | Level |
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Fall (1) | PUAD 601: Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis I PUAD 606: Foundations of Policy Analysis PUAD 670: Economics for Policy Analysis |
All courses are core requirements, should be taken in first semester |
Spring (2) | PUAD 602: Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis II PUAD 685: Social Welfare Policy and Programs PUAD 685: Education and the American Policy System |
Core Requirement |
Summer (3) | PUAD 617: Project Management | Core Requirement for Legal, Org, Ethical Context |
Fall (4) | PUAD 603: Policy Process PUAD 604: Public Program Evaluation PUAD 631: Financing Government Services |
Core Requirement Core Requirement for Applied Policy Analysis Core Requirement |
Spring (5) | PUAD 685: Healthcare Policy PUAD 684: Organizational Analysis PUAD 688: Policy Practicum |
Concentration Option Core Requirement Core Requirement |
*These are sample course plans. Actual course work may vary.
MPP Graduation Rates
Student Entering Academic Term | Student Entering Cohort Count at Census | Graduated within 1years | Graduated within 2years | Graduated within 3 years | Graduated within 4 years | Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation |
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2017-18 | 48 | 38 | 45 | 45 | ||
2016-2017 | 35 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 32 | |
2015-2016 | 38 | 5 | 26 | 34 | 35 | |
2016 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 32 |
Math & Statistics Boot Camp
The objective of Boot Camp is to improve your math skills while you get to know your peers.
Boot Camp is tailored exclusively for incoming MPP students wishing to prepare for the advanced economic and mathematical requirements of that degree, as well as for those MPA students committed to pursuing a policy analysis concentration (i.e., taking PUAD 601 and/or 670 in their first semester at AU).
Math & Statistics Boot Camp is held in August, the weekend before Fall Orientation for one full day (Friday). Email invitations will be sent in summer to all new eligible MPA and MPP students for this year’s Boot Camp, to be held on Friday, August 20th, 2021, location TBA.
Contact Marquise McGraw, mcgrawm@american.edu, with questions.
Please refer to the 2022 Syllabus for anticipated course content.
Basic Mathematics Review
- Greek notation
- Operators
- Order of operations
- Basics of probability
- Logs
- Exponents
- Properties of expected values
- Equation of a line
- Tangencies
Algebra
- Manipulating mathematical equations
- Solving equation(s) with one or two unknowns, including equations with logs & exponents