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Graduate Placement

Emory's program is primarily designed for the student seeking an academic career. About 60 percent of our PhDs receive tenure track faculty appointments at colleges and universities. The curriculum is structured to provide breadth of knowledge coupled with mastery of a specific area in which the student is most interested.

This training qualifies an Emory graduate for positions in small liberal arts colleges as well as larger, research-oriented universities. In addition, our unique teacher training program makes our graduates particularly attractive to institutions looking for strong college-level instructors.

Faculty members are always seeking ways to make our students better qualified and more attractive on the job market. The Department has a formal placement program to assist graduates in finding suitable positions. We make every effort to place our students in jobs that correspond well with the students' talents and interests.

Since 2000, Emory Political Science PhDs who have desired tenure-track positions at major research institutions have been placed at such schools as:

  • Brown University
  • Georgia State University
  • Michigan State University
  • Purdue University
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Colorado Boulder    
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Mississippi
  • University of North Texas
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Cornell University
  • Indiana University
  • Pennsylvannia State University
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Georgia    
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Missouri
  • University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  • University of Washington
  • Vanderbilt University

 

In recent years, our graduates have also gained positions at major research institutions abroad, including:

  • National University of Singapore
  • Taipei School of Economics and Political Science, National Tsing Hua University
  • University College London

 

Emory PhDs seeking tenure-track positions at more teaching-oriented liberal arts colleges and universities have been placed at schools such as:

  • Christopher Newport University         
  • Gordon College
  • Middlebury College
  • Roanoke College
  • College of Charleston
  • John Carroll University
  • Occidental College
  • University of North Carolina-Asheville

 

Increasingly, our students are having much success gaining postdoctoral fellowships at such institutions as:

  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Dartmouth College
  • New york University
  • Princeton University
  • University of Bern
  • University of Southern California
  • Washington University in St. Louis     
  • Cornell University
  • Michigan state University
  • Oxford University
  • Rochester University
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Toronto
  • Yale University

 

Students who prefer non-academic jobs also do well in our program. Our training in research methodology fully qualifies our graduates not only to perform well in academic research but also to excel in applied research settings in government agencies, corporations, consulting firms, and nonprofit organizations.

Students who prefer non-academic jobs also do well in our program. Our training in research methodology fully qualifies our graduates not only to perform well in academic research but also to excel in applied research settings in government agencies, corporations, consulting firms, and nonprofit organizations.

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