What can I do with a Politics & Government degree?

What have our graduates done with a Politics and Government Degree?

Gone on to professional, law and graduate programs at such places as:

• Harvard
• Dartmouth
• Georgetown
• George Washington
• Johns Hopkins
• University of California, San Diego
• Cornell
• Columbia
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• UCLA
• Indiana
• American
• Washington
• Central European University, Budapest

And have done a range of jobs:

• Assistant Deputy Secretary, Air Force
• Foreign Correspondent, National Public Radio
• Ambassador to the US
• US State Department 
• United Nations NGO Committee on Sustainable Development
• Professor of Political Science
• Intelligence Specialist, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Republican National Committee
• Associate Administrator for Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency
• Executive Director, New Democrat Network
• Policy Assistant, New Visions for Public Schools
• Commitee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting
• Associate Director, Amazonwatch
• Legislative Analyst's Office, California
• Congressional Representative Chief of Staff, Washington, DC
• National Security Agency
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Peace Corps in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa (Puget Sound has one of the highest volunteer rates for a school of its size in the nation)
• Superior Court Judge, State of California
• Commercial Attaché, US Department of Commerce
• Legislative Assistant, State of Washington
• Executive Assistant, Naval Postgraduate School
• Business Consultant, Riga, Latvia
• Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County, Washington
• Emergency Management Analyst, SRA International
• Chief International Officer, Northern Vermont - Quebec Trade Coalition
• Habitat for Humanity, Ethiopia
• Canadian Consulate
• Microsoft
• Amazon
• International Development, Starbucks Coffee
• Director, Oregon Historical Society

Our graduates have diverse experiences after college:

• Working in reconstruction in the Middle East; 
• Serving in US Embassies in Sri Lanka and Afghanistan;
• Reporting from Iraq;
• Starting up a non-profit focused on global warming;
• Founding their own political consulting business;
• Founding a web startup;
• Running for elected office

Take a look at our blog and also our links to alums online for more info.