Alumni Careers

SSP graduates are a diverse group, following careers in many different areas each year. They secure positions in the public sector, the private sector, the non-profit world, and academia.

SSP Class of 2022 Employment Report

98% Employment Success (Includes employed, pursuing continuing education, and not seeking employment)

The numbers and sector breakdowns on this page are based on a 76% knowledge rate of the Class of 2022’s employment status (as of March 2023).

38% Public

Selected employers:

  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Treasury
  • Department of State
  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
  • U.S. Air Force
  • U.S. Army
  • U.S. House of Representatives and Senate

17% Nonprofit

Selected employers:

  • American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute (ACTRI)
  • Claremont Institute
  • Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
  • Energy Innovation Reform Project
  • Halifax International Security Forum

44% Private

Selected employers:

  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Crowdstrike
  • Deloitte
  • Google
  • Guidehouse
  • Meta
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Ntrepid

Alumni Spotlight

What can you do with an SSP degree? Check out some of our recent alumni below, or view our full alumni profile archive.

Alumni Mentorship

SSP offers an Alumni Mentor Program to help current students build their network in the security community. Students who sign up are assigned to a participating SSP alum. The matching process is done carefully to link students with alumni based on their interests, background, and career goals. Ideally, the mentor relationship begins during the student’s first semester and progresses to the point where the mentor can make specific career suggestions, serve as a reference, and help the student forge additional professional relationships.