Placement
The MPA faculty is committed to helping students pursue meaningful career opportunities. Through the development of internship opportunities, networking with MPA graduates, and established working relationships with federal, state, and local government agencies, faculty assist students in identifying potential job opportunities. Approximately two-thirds of the program's enrolled students work in the public sector and so provide faculty with additional contacts. In addition the university's Office of Cooperative Education and the Office of Career Services develop and identify numerous internship and job opportunities in federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as opportunities in nonprofit organizations. Graduate of the East Carolina MPA Program are working in positions with the following organizations:
Federal Positions
- National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA)
- Department of the Navy Office of Personnel Management
- Department of Transportation
- Rural Electric Administration
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
State Positions
- North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
- Virginia Department of Transportation
- Office of Budget and Management
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- State Department Human Health Services
- Community Insurance Office
- North Carolina Community College System
Local Positions
- County, Town, and City Manager
- County Director of Social Services
- Environmental Health Specialist
- Police Chief
- County Health Director
- Public Affairs Officer
- City Planning Director
Nonprofit and Private Sector Positions
- Research Triangle Institute
- Chowan Hospital Administrator
- Lenoir County Hospital, Personnel
- Chowan College, Development
- American Red Cross
- Sprint
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