Ph.D. Placement
The department's graduates seek and obtain positions at universities and colleges; government, non-government, non-profit, and intergovernmental organizations; research, consulting, and financial services firms; and media agencies in the United States and abroad.
Students who received graduate degrees between 2004 and 2007 were placed in the following organizations.
Research Universities in the U.S.
Florida State University
Georgetown University
Louisiana State University
Michigan State University
New York University
Rice University
Stanford University
State University of New York
Tulane University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida
University of Chicago
University of Houston
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of Texas, Austin
University of Utah
Yeshiva University
Washington University
Wesleyan University
Four-Year Colleges
Barnard College
Dartmouth College
Evergreen State College
Middlebury College
Oberlin College
Providence College
St. John Fisher
Wellesley College
International Colleges and Universities
Bogazici University (Turkey)
Bosphorus University (Turkey)
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (Mexico)
HEC Montreal
University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
University of Liverpool
University of London
University of Sidney (Australia)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
U.S. Government
National Institutes of Health
Naval War College
United States Military Academy
Non-Profit Organizations
Atlantic Monthly Foundation
Democratic National Committee
Information Policy Institute
International Monetary Fund
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Mandel Center for Leadership (Israel)
Business
Bridgespan Group
ERisk Consulting
Graduates of the past ten years are currently employed in the following schools:
American University
Arizona State University
Aoyama Gakuin University (Japan)
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Birzeit University (Palestine)
Boston College
Carleton College
Colorado College
Concordia University
Drew University
Duke University
Emory University
Fudan University (China)
Georgia State University
Gothenburg University (Sweden)
Hebrew University (Israel)
Hofstra University
Indiana State University
Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)
John Jay College
Johns Hopkins University
Kalamazoo College
Kanazawa University (Japan)
Lehman College
London School of Economics
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Mount Holyoke College
New Mexico Highlands College
New School for Social Research
Notre Dame University
Oregon State University
Peking University
Sabanci University (Turkey)
Seton Hall University
Syracuse University
Tel Aviv University
Texas State University
Tokai University (Japan)
Tokyo International University
University of California, Irvine
University College (London)
University of Colorado
University of Connecticut
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
University of Wisconsin
University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)
University of Tampere (Finland)
University of Virginia
Vassar College
Villanova University
Washington College
Yale University
Yonsei University (Korea)
York University (Canada)
Columbia Ph.D. recipients are also working in organizations such as Asahi Shimbun, the Asia Society, the Cato Institute, Citigroup, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Eurasia Group, the Institute for International Education, the Monitor Group, the National Democratic Institute, the Open Society Institute, Right to Play, Vortex Energy, the W. Alton Jones Foundation, The World Bank, and Worthlin Worldwide.
