Employment Report: Master of Science Graduates

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

Our MS students have a huge variety in their employment backgrounds, and we see this reflected in their employment report. Some are co-terms, overlapping their bachelor's and master's studies, and taking advantage of an additional summer to expand their internship exploration. Others have had 2-10 years of work experience, and are looking to move their careers to the next level and/or in a different direction. Some stay with the companies they already work for and study part time while continuing to work full or slightly reduced time, ready to move up the ranks after graduation.

Internships remain as important as they were during the undergraduate and early career years

Our MS students investigate opportunities to combine their advanced education with their existing work experience to tackle new challenges in focused areas.

Where MS grads interned

Bar chart showing the industry of organizations at which master of science graduates interned. Top three industries are Finance, Engineering and Technology, and Startups. — Primary industry of organizations at which MS graduates interned, by their area of concentration in MS&E. Includes graduates from the three most recent academic years (2022-23 through 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=112.

What MS grads did during their internships

Bar graph showing the types of roles held during internships by master of science graduates. Top three role types are financial analyst, prodcuct/program/project manager, and operations, strategy & supply chain. — Internship role types of MS graduates, by their area of concentration in MS&E. Includes graduates from the three most recent academic years (2022-23 through 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=106.

Organizations MS grads interned with

Consulting

Accenture
Bain & Company
Cornerstone Research
McKinsey & Company
Strategy&

Consumer Products

Eataly
HK
Kohl's Technology
Walmart

Education

Open Virtual Assistant Lab, Stanford Computer Science
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Plasma Physics Lab
Stanford SEED

Energy & Environment

EDF Innovation Lab
Renew Home (Nest Energy)

Engineering & Technology

3i Inc
Amazon
Atlassian
Caldera
Celo
Convex Labs
Domino Data Lab
Electronic Arts
Ford Motor Company
Lazada
Lyft
Microsoft
Mobi Systems
Muon Space
Norton LifeLock
Novanta
Nutanix
Palantir Technologies
Sahara AI
Salesforce
Samsung
Splunk
Tencent
Tesla

Finance

Audacious Ventures
Balyasny Asset Management
Bank of America
Blackstone
Catchlight Capital
Citigroup
City Different Investment
CPP Investments
DE Shaw and Co
Deutsche Bank
Equation Capital
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Geico
Goldman Sachs
Greenhill & Co
Huatai Securities
HW Capital
iGlobe Partners
Iluminar Ventures
Jefferies
JP Morgan Chase
Morgan Stanley
Orion Group
Rocky Mountain Wealth Concepts
Saratoga Research and Investment Management
Summit Partners
Valkyrie Trading
Weiss Asset Management

Government, Policy & Defense

Singapore EDB
U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Healthcare

Boston Scientific
Citadel Medical Group
DaVita
IQVIA
Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgery Lab
Stanford Healthcare

Internship role titles for MS grads

Analyst, financial

Associate
Economist Intern
Executive Office of the President Summer Intern
Finance & Operations Intern
Global Investment Research Summer Analyst (Equity Research)
Global Markets Analyst
Hedge Fund Summer Analyst
IB Summer Analyst
Innovation Economy Intern
Investment Analyst Intern
Investment Banking Summer Analyst
Quant Trading Intern
Quantitative Investing Strategies Summer Analyst
Research Investment Intern
Summer Analyst
Summer Intern
VC Analyst
VC Healthcare Intern

Analyst, non-financial

Analyst Intern
Business Processing Intern
Electro Mobility Intern
Legal Intern
Litigation Assistant
Quantitative Analyst Intern
Risk Analytics Intern
Sophomore Summer Business Analyst
Summer Legal Associate

Consultant

Associate Consultant
Consultant
Fundamental Analyst Intern
Summer Analyst
Summer Associate

Data Science

Data Analyst
Data Engineer Intern
Data Science Intern
Data Scientist

Engineer, non-software

ADCS Hardware Engineer
Analytics Engineer Intern
Business Intelligence Engineering Intern
Mechanical Engineering Intern

Engineer, software & ML

Growth Engineer
Growth Machine Learning Engineer Intern
Machine Learning Engineer
Smart Contract Engineering
Software Development Engineer Intern
Software Engineer
Software Engineering Intern

Operations, Strategy & Supply Chain

Demand Planning Intern
Global Supply Chain Management
Head of Business Operations & Strategy
Network Planning Intern
Operations Network Support Intern
Planning Intern
Process Engineering Intern
Process Flow Optimization Intern
Strategy Associate
Strategy Intern

Product/Program/Project Manager

Associate Product Manager
Product Management Intern
Product Manager
Program Manager Intern
Project Manager

Research

Quantitative Researcher Intern
Research Assistant
Research Intern
Researcher

Sales & Marketing

Sales Development Representative Intern

Moving into a full-time career

Pie chart showing 36% "yes", 48% "no", and 16% "n/a". — Did MS graduates accept a full-time employment offer from an organization they had previously interned with? (N/A reasons include founding own company, graduate studies, and returning to an organization where they had been employed full-time previously). Data from the three most recent academic years (2022-23 through 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=80.

While internships continue to be a path to a full-time job, this is less pronounced at the master's degree level than the undergraduate level. Perhaps because master's students tend to have more variety of experience under their belt than undergraduates, many MS grads start their full-time careers with different organizations or in another industry than where they interned.

The exploration that our MS graduates have done both academically and in their internship experiences is reflected in the broad range of responses that we see in our employment data. While our a majority of alumni are in three main organization types, there is variety within those too. 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 MS grads go

Bar graph showing the industries of organizations joined by master of science graduates post-graduation. Top three industries are Engineering & Technology, Finance, and Graduate School. — Primary industry of the organizations MS grads joined after graduation, by their area of concentration in MS&E. Data includes graduates from the last 4 academic years (2021-22 thru 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=109.

What MS grads do

Bar graph showing the types of roles received by master of science graduates post-graduation. Top three role types are financial analyst, product/program/project manager, and graduate student. — Types of roles that MS grads received after graduation, by their area of concentration in MS&E. Includes graduates from the last 4 academic years (2021-22 thru 2024-25) collected via a voluntary survey; n=104.