Careers After Graduation

The MDP degree confers tremendous advantages upon job seekers aspiring to operate at the intersections and overlaps of traditional knowledge domains and issues. Present and future societal challenges are both global and local and are almost always complex. MDP alumni are well positioned to navigate the emerging world as integrators of perspectives, knowledge systems and skills. The lists below highlight the desirability and versatility of the MDP degree, recently found by Devex to be one of the two degrees most in-demand for hiring in 2017 (Make Your Mark, 2017: p.7).

All organizations listed below employ or have employed Minnesota's MDP graduates.

Also, check out the Minnesota International NGO Network (MINN) here.

Public Sector

• Global Minnesota

• Minnesota Population Center

• State of Illinois / Chicago Public Schools

• State of Minnesota Department of Human Services, Office of Economic Opportunity

• State of Minnesota / City of Saint Paul Budget Office

• State of Minnesota / Ramsey County Community Human Services

• State of Minnesota / Dakota County

• United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• University of Minnesota Stackman-Borlaug Center

Foundations

• Blandin Foundation

• International Youth Foundation

• Margaret A Cargill Foundation

• McKnight Foundation

• Sawiris Foundation for Social Development

Ongoing studies

• Brandeis University - Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Global Development Concentration

• Trinity College Dublin - School of Social Work and Social Policy

• University of Minnesota - College of Education and Human Development, Program Evaluation

• University of Minnesota - College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Sciences, Natural Resources Sciences and Management