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Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

The study of major problems of contemporary public policy through an interdisciplinary program based in the social sciences. 

The major profile below includes: a sample of post-graduation plans of recent Princeton Woodrow Wilson School graduates, a sample of internships from those in the major, and online resources and professional associations offering career information.


 

Post-Graduation Plans of Recent WWS Majors*

  • Research Associate - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY
  • Consultant- Booz & Company, New York, NY
  • Investment Associate - Bridgewater Associates, Westport, CT
  • Paralegal - Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY
  • Federal Analyst - Deloitte Consulting LLP, Washington, DC
  • Analyst - Goldman Sachs, New York, NY
  • Policy Analyst - Government of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • Business Consultant - IBM Global Business, New York, NY
  • Researcher - Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Princeton, NJ
  • Research Assistant - Mathematica Policy Research, Cambridge, MA
  • Charles Puttkammer '58 Prisoner Re-Entry Fellow - New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Newark, NJ
  • SAP Strategy Principal - SAP Americas, Philadelphia, PA
  • Investment Intern - Greater Good Capital, Capetown, NS South Africa
  • Volunteer - Nyadire Hospital, Mutoko, Zimbabwe
  • Counselor - Prep For Prep, New York, NY
  • Medicine, M.D. - Baylor College of Medicine, TX
  • Publishing -Columbia University, New York, NY
  • Law, J.D. - Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Developmental Studies, M.Sc. - London School of Economics, UK
  • Public Policy & International Relations , M.P.A. - Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  • Environmental Policy, M.Sc. - University of Oxford, UK

* These are actual jobs and graduate programs new graduates accepted.

Internships of Recent WWS Majors

  • Intern, Transatlantic Relations - Atlantic Council, Washington, DC
  • Summer Associate - National Conference on Citizenship, Washington, DC
  • Program Coordinator, Cycling Awareness - Parisar, Pune, India
  • Intern, Policy/Middle East - Office of the Secretary of Defense, Arlington, VA
  • Business Associate - ZS Associates, Princeton, NJ
  • Intern - KIPP Academy, Fresno, CA
  • Summer Intern - Council on the Environment of NYC, New York, NY

WWS Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance. Search the database for WWS alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.  

Resources and Information Online

Professional Associations

A professional association is an organization of people who have similar career interests. These membership- based organizations often offer a reduced rate for students that allow access to the many resources they provide. Often professional association websites offer job/internship databases as well as opportunities to find mentors or other contacts. The National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services can provide more ideas.