| DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW | FACULTY & STAFF | COURSES | BEYOND THE CLASSROOM | ALUMNI |
Alumni Careers
| Students who graduate from Drew with a Political Science major begin careers with prestigious, successful, and interesting organizations. Roughly ten percent of each year's graduates immediately enter law school. In the past five years, Drew Political Science majors have attended prestigious law programs at Harvard, Georgetown, Columbia, New York University, Boston College, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Rutgers. |  |
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Peter Verneiro CLA '81, Former Associate Justice of the New Jersey State Supreme Court |
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| As many as eighty percent of our political science graduates immediately enter the work force, although many eventually return to school for graduate or professional training. Recent positions initially taken include: Peace Corps Volunteer, Congressional Staff Member, Field Coordinator for a Presidential Campaign, Management Trainee with the U.S. Department of Energy, Communications Officer for the Governor of the State of New Jersey, Editor at Prentice Hall, Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution, Urban Planning Researcher for the City of Philadelphia, and Health Care Policy Researcher in Washington, D.C.. |
Another ten percent of our graduates enter some form of graduate school program. Recent graduates have entered Masters of Public Policy programs at Georgetown and Harvard. Others have gone on to such specialized programs as international affairs, urban planning, and criminal science at institutions such as Princeton, Cornell, and Rutgers. A modest number of graduates go on for the Ph.D. at institutions such as Princeton, Duke, Virginia, and Rutgers.
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The following is a sampling of recent professional and graduate school acceptances and job placements immediately following or shortly after graduation. LAW SCHOOL | GRADUATE PROGRAMS | GOVERNMENT/POLITICS/PUBLIC SERVICE | PRIVATE SECTOR POSITIONS
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Ameircan University University of Albany University of Buffalo University of Connecticut University of Detroit Fordham University Georgetown University George Washington Hofstra University University of Miami |
Michigan State University University of Michigan New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University New York Law School University of North Carolina Pace University University of Pittsburgh Quinpiac University |
Rutgers University University of San Diego Seton Hall University St. John's University Syracuse University University of Texas Washington & Lee Widener University Villanova University |
University of Aleppo, Syria, Arabic Cultural Studies Boston University, M.A., Communication Beijing University, Mandarin Studies Carnegie Mellon, PhD Cognitive Psycology Columbia Teachers, M.A. Education Cornell Univeristy, M.A. Regional and Urban Development CCNY, John Jay, M.A., Forensic Psychology |
George Washington University, M.A. Public Policy Georgetown University, Masters Public Policy Georgetown University, M.A. Arabic Studies Georgetown University, M.A. The Walsh School of Foreign Services Harvard University, MPP, Public Policy Johns Hopkins University, MA International Affairs New York University, M.A. Cinema Studies |
Rutgers University, MPP, Public Policy Rutgers University, PhD Educational Policy Texas A&M, MPA University of St. Andrews, Scotland, International Security Syracuse Universty, M.A., Public Administration University of Warwick, England, M.A. International Political Economy |
AmeriCorps Volunteer Administrative Assistant, Kennan Institute for Russian Camous Organizer, Connecticut PIRG Caseworker, Boston Urban Youth Foundation Deputy Director, Ethnic and Minority Affairs, NJ Governor's Office Deputy National Development Director For New Democratic Network English as Second Language/Civics |
Coordinator, La Casa de Don Petro Field Representative, US House of Representatives Legislative Correspondent, US House of Representatives Peace Corps Volunteer, Mali, Africa Peace Corps Colunteer, Togo, Africa Press, National Enviromental Trust Policy Fellow, The Population Institute Century Foundation Public Educator, New Jersey Action Corps |
Police Officer, Ridgewood, NJ Teacher, Teach for America, NJ Writer/Reporter, Pennsylvania Legislature Staff Assistant, Ways & Means Committe, US House of Representatives Writer-Constituent Relations, Office of the Governor of New Jersey Legislative Assistant, NJ Assembly Legislative Aid, NJ Assembly Vista Workes, AmeriCorps |
AC Nielson Allied Homes American Roland Food Atlantic List Company Bloomberg Blue Cross/Blue Shied BS Warburg Capital One Chemonics International, Inc. Colson Services, Inc. Corporate Language Services Chubb Insurance |
Edelman World Wide Endalus First Morris Bank Global Dynamics IBM Lucent Technologies Macy's Metropolitan Corporate Council Morrow & Company NY Stock Exchange New York Life North Fork Bank Northwest Life |
Northwest Airlines Paine Weber Peppercom, Inc. Prudential Insurance Company Prentice Hall SCORE! Schering-Plough The Sherry Group Solomon/Smith Barney Transnational Research Weichert Realtors Valley National Bank Zurich Insurance |