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Employment Report: Bachelor of Science Graduates

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A career path is exactly that—a journey. The BS degree is one stop along the way.

Internships are early waypoints

MS&E students intern across a wide range of industries and roles as they explore career avenues, as the two charts below demonstrate. At this beginning stage of the journey, exploration is key: to help discover areas of interest and fit, and—just as importantly—realize areas that aren't, for whatever reason. We encourage students to step outside of comfort zones and try something that is a stretch, or completely different to what they might have done before or think they're interested in. Best case scenario, it's an epiphany. Worst case, it's a less enjoyable 8-12 weeks. Either way, there will be growth and learning.

Where undergraduates interned

Bar graph that shows the industries of organizations our undergraduates interned at. Top three industries are Finance, Consulting, and Consumer Products.
Primary industry of organizations at which undergraduates interned. Includes graduates from the three most recent academic years (2022-23 through 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=76.

What undergraduates did during their internships

Bar graph showing the types of roles held by undergraduates during their internships. Top three role types are financial analyst, consultant, and non-financial analyst.
Internship role types held by undergraduates. Includes graduates from the three most recent academic years (2022-23 through 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=76.

Where undergraduates interned

Consulting

Alix Partners
Blueprint Talent Group
Boston Consulting Group
EY Parthenon
Infosys
L.E.K. Consulting
McKinsey & Company
Pilot44
PwC Strategy&

Consumer Products

John Deere
Nike
Ourisman Automotive Group
Starbucks Coffee Company
Target

Energy & Environment

Sustainable Stanford

Engineering & Technology

Amazon
Capella Space
Google
SpaceX
Watchmojo

Finance

Alpine Investors
Altamont Capital
Alvarez & Marsal
Ames Capital Partners
Appolo Global Management
Bank of America
Bertram Capital
Cardumen Capital
Centerview Partners
Credit Suisse
Dodge & Cox
Goldman Sachs
Gryphon Investors
GSV Ventures
Insight Partners
Inspired Capital
Jefferies
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Long Arc Capital
Mastercard
Portfolio Advisors
Summit Partners
Swift Real Estate Partners
Temasek
UBS
Zhenfund

Government, Policy & Defense

MITRE Corporation
NASA

Healthcare

Chicago Pediatric Dentistry
NationsBenefits
Peachy Day

Marketing/Public Relations

Edelman

Media, Entertainment, Sports

Dr. Dish Basketball
Major League Baseball
Sequel
SFGATE

Nonprofit

The Jed Foundation
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant

Other

American Yacht Club
The Cannon Project

Startups

Gemini
Portabl
Vivian Health

Internship role titles for undergraduates

Analyst, financial

Analyst Intern
Growth Equity Summer Analyst
Investment Analyst
Investment Banking Summer Analyst
Investment Intern
Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst
Private Equity Performance Improvement Intern
Private Equity Summer Analyst
Research Associate Intern
Sales & Trading Summer Analyst
Summer Analyst
Summer Investment Associate
VC Healthcare Summer Analyst
Venture Capital Intern

Analyst, non-financial

Business Development Intern
Business Intelligence
Health Intern
Risk Advisory Intern
Summer Executive Store Intern
Systems Analyst

Consultant

Associate Intern
Consulting Intern
ESV Consultant
Strategic Innovation Intern
Summer Associate
Summer Business Analyst

Data Science

BPS Data Intern
Data Scientist

Director, Manager, Leadership

Chase Leadership Development Intern

Engineer, non-software

Zero Waste Intern

Engineer, software & ML

Software Engineering Intern

Government, Policy & Defense

BPS Data Intern

Healthcare Professional

Assistant

Operations, Strategy & Supply Chain

Area Manager Intern
Baseball Operations Intern
Operations Intern
Strategy and Research Intern
Sustainability Research and Strategy Engineer
Transformation Strategy Intern

Product/Program/Project Manager

Product and Strategy Intern
Product Management Intern
Product Manager
Program Manager

Research

R&D Intern

Sales & Marketing

Editorial Intern
Sales Architecture Intern


Moving into a full-time career

Pie chart showing 53% "yes", 33% "no", and 14% "n/a"
Did undergraduates accept a full time employment offer from an organization they had previously interned at? (N/A means attending graduate school). Data from the past three academic years (2022-23 through 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=42.

Assuming a mutual understanding of interest and fit, internships can be an excellent lead into a full-time position after graduation. On the flip side, plenty of graduates start their full-time careers with a different organization or in another industry.

MS&E graduates launch careers in a range of different industries and have various job titles. The first job after graduation is exactly that—the first job. We recommend listening to our podcasts and reading our featured stories and voices for examples of the career journeys that our alumni have started and experienced. Current students and alumni can also attend our career events with quarterly informal "Career Chat" conversations.

Where undergraduates go

Bar chart showing the industries of organizations joined by undergraduates after graduation. Top three industries are Finance, Consulting, and Graduate School.
Primary industry of the organizations undergraduates joined after graduation. Includes graduates from the last 4 academic years (2021-22 thru 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=69.

What undergraduates do

Bar graph showing the types of roles received by undergraduates after graduation. Top three role types are financial analyst, graduate student, and consultant.
Types of roles that undergraduates received after graduation. Includes graduates from the last 4 academic years (2021-22 thru 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=69.

Organizations joined by undergraduates

Consulting

Bain and Company
Boston Consulting Group
Broadridge
EY Parthenon
McKinsey & Company
Oliver Wyman
PwC
Qvest US
The Bridgespan Group
Turner & Townsend

Consumer Products

Choice Hotels International

Education

Inspirit VR

Engineering & Technology

Google
Instrumental Inc
Stripe
Uber

Finance

Alpine Investors
Ataraxia Partners
Bank of America
Centerview Partners
Cowen & Company
Floodgate
Goldman Sachs
Gryphon Investors
Insight Partners
JP Morgan
Mahlako Investments - Stanford SEED
Makena Capital Management LLC
Partners Group
Polychain Capital
Silver Lake
Summit Partners
Swift Real Estate Partners
Temasek
The Voleon Group
UBS
Visa
Vistage Worldwide Inc
Zhenfund

Graduate School

Colorado School of Mines
Columbia University
Georgetown University
Northern Arizona University
Stanford University
Tsinghua University
University of Utah

Healthcare

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Media, Entertainment, Sports

Major League Baseball

Operations/Supply Chain

McMaster-Carr

Startups

Confetti

Role titles received by undergraduates

Analyst, financial

Analyst
Associate
Development Program Analyst
Financial Analyst
Investment Analyst
Investment Associate
Investment Banking Analyst
Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst
Private Equity Analyst

Analyst, non-finance

Business Analyst
W2 Consultant

C-suite, Founder, Partner

Co-founder

Consultant 

Analyst
Associate Consultant
Consultant

Data Science

Senior Data Analyst

Director, Manager, Leadership

Chief of Staff

Engineer, software & ML

Software Engineer

Graduate Student (area of study)

Computer Science
Finance
Humanitarian Engineering & Advanced Energy Systems
Law
Management Science and Engineering
School of Business
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Translational Research and Applied Medicine

Operations, Strategy & Supply Chain

Enterprise Strategy and Value Associate
Operations Assosciate

Other

Solutions Architect

Product/Program/Project Manager

Associate Product Manager
Project Analyst

Professional Athlete

Professional Baseball Player