2024 Career Outcomes
Stanford GSE graduates are highly sought after for positions in a wide range of industries and educational settings in the U.S. and around the world. Our graduates go on to positions of leadership in schools and universities, government, industry, education non-profits and philanthropies, ed tech, and more.
Each year, Stanford GSE EdCareers gathers data about graduating students and publishes a profile of the class and their career plans.
Class of 2024
The Class of 2024* included a total of 171 graduate students – 20 doctoral and 151 master’s students. We know the employment status** of 95% of these graduates. In addition, 27 Stanford undergraduates earned an education minor or honors.
*includes students who conferred their degrees between Autumn Quarter 2023 and Summer Quarter 2024
**employment status as of December 2024
Class of 2024 Graduates by Program:
Doctoral graduates
We know the employment status of 95 percent of the 20 PhD graduates who completed their degrees in 2023-24.
These included graduates from the areas of Curriculum and Teacher Education (CTE), Developmental and Psychological Sciences (DAPS), and Social Sciences, Humanities, and Interdisciplinary Policy Studies in Education (SHIPS).
Students who participated in cross-area specializations of Learning Sciences and Technology Design (LSTD) and Race, Inequality, and Language in Education (RILE) are represented in their primary programs of study (DAPS, CTE, or SHIPS).
'24 PhD Employment Status
Those who were working entered the following industries:
'24 PhD Industries
Doctoral Graduate Salaries:
Median | Lowest reported | Highest reported | |
Global* (16 respondents) | $83,500 | $66,300 | $101,000 |
US only* (15 respondents) | $83,000 | $66,300 | $101,000 |
* Location based on the organization's location; “Global” includes all salaries, “US only” includes only those based in the US.
Salary information is based on self reported data for graduates who were working full time.
- AmeriCorps
- Harvard University
- McMaster University
- San Diego State University
- Self Employed
- Stanford University (5)
- The University of Texas at Austin
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Memphis
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- University of Virginia
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Assistant Professor of African American Studies
- Assistant Professor of Educational Data Science
- Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies
- Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science Education
- Assistant Professor of Youth & Community Studies in Cultural Studies in Education
- Consultant
- Education Research Scientist
- Lecturer
- Postdoctoral Researcher (2)
- Postdoctoral Scholar (3)
- Research Fellow
- Teaching Assistant Professor
- Unit Leader
Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP) Master's graduates
We know the employment status of 97 percent of the 59 STEP Master's graduates who completed their degrees in 2023-24. These included graduates from the STEP Elementary and STEP Secondary programs.
'24 STEP Employment Status:
'24 STEP Outcomes:
STEP Graduate Salaries:
Median | Lowest reported | Highest reported | |
US only* (29 respondents) | $81,312 | $50,500 | $100,654 |
* Location based on the organization's location; “Global” includes all salaries, “US only” includes only those based in the US.
Salary information is based on self reported data for graduates who were working full time.
Master's graduates (non-STEP)
We know the employment status of 93 percent of the 92 MA/MS (non-STEP) graduates who completed their degrees in 2023-24.
These included graduates from the Education Data Science (EDS), International Comparative Education / International Education Policy Analysis (ICE/IEPA), Learning Design and Technology (LDT), Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies (POLS), Individually Designed MA (for current Stanford doctoral students), and Joint Degree Programs (MA/JD, MA/MBA, and MA/MPP).
'24 Master's Employment Status
Those who were working entered the following industries:
'24 Master's Industries
Master’s Graduate Salaries (self-reported):
Median | Lowest reported | Highest reported | |
Global* (30 respondents) | $97,840 | $49,000 | $225,000 |
US only* (26 respondents) | $89,340 | $49,000 | $225,000 |
* Location based on the organization's location; “Global” includes all salaries, “US only” includes only those based in the US.
Salary information is based on self reported data for graduates who were working full time.
- Aible
- Alpine Investors / Ascend
- American Institutes for Research
- Asana, Inc. (2)
- Bain & Co.
- Boston Consulting Group
- Brightwheel
- ByteDance
- Capilano University
- Catalyst, Inc.
- Commonwealth Club World Affairs
- Congress of Neutrals
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Crimson Education (2)
- DIS-Study Abroad
- Ease Learning
- Education for Sharing
- Education Justice Academy
- Gibson Dunn
- Harvard Radcliffe Institute
- Imago Grassroots Global
- Intuitive
- Knowalla
- McKinsey & Co. (4)
- Michigan State University
- MultiOn AI
- New School San Francisco
- Oakland Unified School District (2)
- PBS KIDS
- Project Evident, Inc.
- Rezme
- Rightway School (via Stanford Seed)
- San Francisco Literacy Coalition
- San Francisco Unified School District
- Selendy & Gay
- ServiceNow
- Shraddha Children’s Academy (via Stanford Seed)
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Singapore Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth
- Stanford University (11)
- StartX
- Teachy
- Texas Public Policy Foundation
- TikTok
- Triple-i Academy
- University of Michigan
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Watershed Advisors
- Academic and Student Services Officer
- Academic Coordinator
- Academic Dean
- Algorithm Engineer, Machine Learning
- Analyst
- Associate (8)
- Business Data Scientist
- Business Operations Extern
- Capstone Advisor
- Co-Founder
- Consultant (3)
- Data Analyst
- Data Scientist (2)
- Deputy Director, Planning & Development
- Fellowship Director
- District Consultant
- Finance Manager
- Founder
- Founder & CEO
- General Manager
- Independent Consultant (2)
- Instructional Designer
- Instructor
- Interactive Designer
- Lead Teacher
- Learning Designer
- Learning Experience Designer
- Manager
- Policy Analyst
- Policy Specialist
- Product Manager (2)
- Professional Athlete
- Program Coordinator (3)
- Program Facilitator
- Program Manager (3)
- Program Director
- Quantitative Research Associate
- Regional President
- Research Assistant (5)
- Research Associate
- Resident Physician
- Senior Learning Experience Designer/Researcher
- Software Engineer
- Strategy Intern
- Student Experience Coordinator
- UX Researcher
Undergraduate minor and honors
We know the employment status of 93 percent of the 27 Undergraduate Education Minor and Honors graduates who completed their degrees in 2023-24.
'24 PhD Undergraduate Minor/Honors Employment Status
Those who were working entered the following industries:
'24 Undergraduate Minor/Honors Industries
Undergraduate Honors/Minor Salaries (self-reported):
Median | Lowest reported | Highest reported | |
US only* (5 respondents) | $72,000 | $46,000 | $138,000 |
* Location based on the organization's location; “Global” includes all salaries, “US only” includes only those based in the US.
Salary information from self-reported data for graduates working full time.
- Central American Resource Center - Los Angeles (CARECEN-LA)
- Fulbright Program
- Germ Network
- MedStar Health Georgetown University Hospital
- NALCAP Spain
- NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
- Ogilvy
- Primer Microschools
- Rockset
- Self Employed
- Special Needs Network
- Sunset Holdings
- TrackLight
- United Talent Agency
- Agent Trainee
- Behavioral Technician
- Chief of Staff
- Consultant
- English Language Assistant
- Founding Engineer and Community Lead
- Freelance Writer
- Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
- Growth
- Head of Operations
- NYC Urban Fellow
- RepresentLa Program Assistant- Community Access to Services
- Software Engineer
- Surgical Liaison
Class of 2024 Founders
In the Class of 2024, 6 graduates founded or co-founded organizations (for profit or non-profit), including:
Class of 2024 Hiring Organization Locations
The following list is based on the locations of organizations from self-reported survey data. In addition to the list below, 16 graduates worked remotely for their hiring organizations and are not included in the list.
The following list is based on the locations of organizations from self-reported survey data. In addition to the list below, 16 graduates worked remotely for their hiring organizations and are not included in the list.
United States:
- Alameda, California
- Burlingame, California
- Calabasas, California
- Chatsworth, California
- Costa Mesa, California
- East Palo Alto, California (3)
- Irvine, California
- Los Altos, California (2)
- Los Angeles, California (4)
- Milpitas, California
- Mountain View, California
- Palo Alto, California (12)
- Pleasanton, California
- Sacramento, California
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California (16)
- San Jose, California (7)
- San Mateo, California
- Santa Clara, California
- Stanford, California (8)
- Sunnyvale, California (4)
- Boulder, Colorado
- Washington. D.C. (2)
- Chicago, Illinois
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- East Lansing, Michigan
- Kansas City, Missouri
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- New York, New York (2)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Austin, Texas
- Arlington, Virginia
- Madison, Wisconsin
International:
- Beijing, China
- Berlin, Germany
- Hamilton, Canada
- Vancouver, Canada
- Madrid, Spain
- Singapore, Singapore
Class of 2024 Internship Organizations
At least 52 PhD and Master’s (non-STEP) students (46%) participated in one or more internships over the course of their program.
NOTE: LDT requires a minimum of two quarters of internship participation throughout the course of the program. EDS requires a minimum of one quarter of internship participation throughout the course of the program. Internships are optional for all other programs.
- Accu-Crete, Inc.
- Akiflow
- Apple, inc.
- Asana, inc.
- Ballet and Books
- Bewsys
- Center for RISC at UChicago
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Cinequest Inc / Creatics Enterprises Inc.
- Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia
- Daikin Inc.
- Data Science 4 Everyone
- Diffit
- Digest Technologies, Inc.
- DISTAL Lab
- Early Childhood Pedagogy Network
- East Bay SPCA
- East Oakland DREAMers
- East Palo Alto Academy
- EdTrust-West
- Education Justice Academy
- Flourish Labs
- Flow Immersive, Inc.
- Gateway Middle School
- Global Key Advisors
- Goldbeck
- IBIC
- ICIL
- Impulsa Co.
- Indigenous Curriculum Alliance
- Interdigital Inc.
- Koalluh
- Learnest AI
- LiFT Learning
- National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships
- NREL
- Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
- Pathstream
- PeerTeach
- Playful Learning
- Porsche Digital
- San Mateo County Office of Education
- ServiceNow
- Sown To Grow
- Stanford University
- Stanford-Sequoia Research Collaborative
- Stanford-SFUSD Partnership
- Startx
- Terra.do
- Think Academy
- UNESCO
- Vice Provost for Institutional Equity
- Watershed Advisors
- WestEd
- Wondergrade, LLC
- Year Up
Past career outcomes
EdCareers 10th Anniversary
In 2023, to celebrate our 10th Anniversary, EdCareers took a retrospective look at the past ten years of graduate outcomes data. Check out this special 10th anniversary report to learn more about the variety of geographic locations, industries, and organizations where our students have landed.
2015 Comprehensive Alumni Survey
This report from EdCareers covers eight decades of alumni experience in education, with insights on their teaching, entrepreneurship and leadership.
