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Robert M. La Follette
School of Public Affairs
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Telephone:  608.262.3581
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Last updated:
August 18, 2011



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Career Development: Statistics: 2008

Graduates of the La Follette School of Public Affairs' select program are employed around the world for national, state and local governments, private businesses and nonprofit organizations.

2008 Career Placement Statistics

2007 Career Placement Statistics

Of the 55 who graduated in May 2008, 84 percent (46 people) reported employment in their field or pursuit of further study by February 20, 2009. Of those 46 alumni, 25 are in Madison, three are in Milwaukee, seven are in Washington, D.C., and 11 are working elsewhere in the United States. Within three months of graduating in May, 60 percent of the class had found employment in their fields.

Three members of the class reached the finalist stage in the Presidential Management Fellows Program; two chose to move forward. The third accepted a position with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Another member of the class won the L.P. Cookingham Management Fellowship, with the City of Kansas City in Missouri.

Below is a sample of where 2008 alumni are working:

Public Sector: Federal

Public Sector: Wisconsin State Government

Public Sector: Local Government

Nonprofit or Education Sector

Private Sector

Career Placement Statistics handout