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 ’19 Employment Report

99% Employment Success (Includes employed and continuing education)
7% Working Abroad Denmark, Germany, Micronesia, and the United Kingdom

The numbers and sector breakdowns on this page are based on a 78% knowledge rate of the Class of 2019’s employment status (as of March 2020).

45% Public

Selected employers:

  • Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Government of the United Kingdom
  • National Counterterrorism Center
  • USAID
  • US Army and Navy
  • US Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security
  • US Senate

39% Private

Selected employers:

  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Dataminr
  • Deloitte
  • Ernst & Young
  • Giant Oak
  • Ntrepid
  • Valens Global

15% Nonprofit

Selected employers:

  • Center for Security and Emerging Technology
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • CNA
  • MITRE
  • Nuclear Threat Initative
  • RAND Corporation
  • Stimson Center

1% Multilateral

Selected employers:

  • Organization of American States

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.