2023 Career Outcomes
Stanford GSE graduates are highly sought after for positions in a wide range of industries and education settings in the U.S. and around the world. Our graduates exercise leadership in public, private and non-profit sectors, including schools, governments, ed tech organizations, philanthropy, 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 2023
The Class of 2023* included a total of 170 graduate students – 32 doctoral and 138 master’s students. We know the employment status** of 94% of these graduates.
In addition, 28 Stanford undergraduates completed an education minor or honors.
*Includes students who conferred their degrees between Autumn Quarter 2022 and Summer Quarter 2023. EdCareers relies on the NACE First Destination Survey protocol with a few customizations that better align with our programs and calendar.
**Employment status as of December 2023.
Doctoral graduates
We know the employment status of 97% of the 32 PhD graduates who completed their degrees in 2022-23.
These included graduates from the 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).
'23 PhD Employment Status:
'23 PhD Industries:
Doctoral Graduate Salaries:
| Median | Lowest reported | Highest reported | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global (19 respondents) | $95,000 | $45,000 | $135,000 |
| US only (15 respondents) | $104,000 | $70,000 | $135,000 |
- Alder Graduate School of Education
- Coactive AI
- Inspirit & MakerGhat
- Instituto Singularidades
- Johns Hopkins University
- Mathematica Policy Research
- Minerva University
- National Student Support Accelerator
- New York University
- Saint Mary's College of CA
- Stanford School of Medicine
- Stanford University
- Struggly
- Tennessee Board of Regents
- The Education Trust-West
- The University of Alabama
- University College London
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oxford
- West Chester University
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)
- World DanceSport Federation
Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP) Master's graduates
We know the employment status of 87% of the 61 STEP graduates who completed their degrees in 2022-23.
Click here to see the breakdown by STEP Elementary and Secondary
'23 STEP Employment Status:
'23 STEP Industries:
STEP Graduate Salaries:
| Median | Lowest reported | Highest reported | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US only* (35 respondents) | $71,000 | $55,582 | $107,371 |
* Note: all salary respondents were based in the US
- Alliance College Ready Public Schools (Gertz-Ressler High School)
- ARISE High School
- Bellarmine College Preparatory
- Bright Star Schools
- Campbell Union School District
- Canyon Crest Academy
- Carlmont high school
- Columbia Middle School
- Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School
- Dublin High School
- Garden Grove Unified School District
- James Logan High School
- Lakeshore Alternative Elementary School/SFUSD
- Lakewood Elementary, Sunnyvale School District
- Latitude 37.8
- Latitude High School
- Los Altos School District
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Math Culture LLC
- Maywood Center for Enriched Studies
- Milpitas High School
- Montclair Elementary
- Mountain View High School
- Mountain View Whisman School District
- New Haven Unified School District
- NYCDOE - The Stockton School
- Oceana High School
- Palo Alto Unified School District
- Philip and Sala Burton Academic High School
- Presidio Middle School
- Reading School District
- San Francisco International High School
- San Francisco Unified School District
- Sequoia Union High School District - Carlmont High School
- St. Francis High School
- Stanford University Graduate School of Education
- Sunnyvale School District
- Sunnyvale Unified School District
- The Academy of Alameda
- Victor Valley Union High School District
- Vista Del Lago High School
- Westmoor High School
- Wilcox HS- Santa Clara Unified School District
- Woodside High School, Sequoia Union High School District
Master’s graduates (non-STEP)
We know the employment status of 97% of the 77 MA/MS (non-STEP) graduates who completed their degrees in 2022-23.
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).
'23 Master's Employment Status:
'23 Master's Industries:
Master’s Graduate Salaries (self-reported):
| Median | Lowest reported | Highest reported | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global (27 respondents) | $100,000 | $36,000 | $170,000 |
| US only (21 respondents) | $115,000 | $60,000 | $170,000 |
- AdmitYogi
- Age of Learning
- Alameda County Office of Education
- Allovue
- Amazon Web Services
- Bisla
- BNY Mellon
- Cabot Technologies Solutions
- Crimson Education
- DC Public Schools
- Defender Association of Philadelphia
- Diffit
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- Education Analytics
- Education Trust-West
- Galileo Learning
- German Parliament
- GSE Makery
- Halliday
- Head-Royce School
- Higher Education and Diversity (HEIDIVE) Research Lab, Stanford University
- International Canadian Academy
- International Finance Corporation
- Kalshi
- Lead For America
- Lemann Foundation
- Local Kitchens
- Ministry of Education (Brazil)
- Ministry of Education in Morocco
- Ministry of Education in Singapore
- MiraclePlus (formerly Y Combinator China)
- Movimiento Ciudadano
- National Education Equity Lab
- Nexus Group
- Pedago
- Pixar Animation Studios
- Redwood City School District
- Resmed
- Rethink Capital Partners
- San Francisco Unified School District
- Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
- St. Joseph's Medical Center
- Stanford Education Neuro Initiative
- Stanford Health Care
- Stanford University
- Stealth Startup
- The Berkeley Carroll School
- Travellire Inc.
- WestEd
- Yuying Secondary School
Undergraduate minor and honors
We know the employment status of 96% of the 28 Undergraduate Education Minor and Honors graduates who completed their degrees in 2022-23.
'23 Undergraduate Honors/Minor Employment Status:
'23 Undergraduate Honors/Minor Industries:
Undergraduate Honors/Minor Salaries (self-reported):
| Median | Lowest reported | Highest reported | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global (6 respondents) | $67,500 | $21,000 | $150,000 |
| US only (5 respondents) | $75,000 | $54,000 | $150,000 |
- Apple
- Astral Learning
- Deep Water Point & Associates
- Figma
- Milken Community School
- NYU Shanghai
- Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care
- Rockset
- Stanford Surgery
- Stanford University's Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- University of Notre Dame Psychology Department
- Young College Prep
Class of 2023 Locations
United States
- Alameda, California
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Belmont, California
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Campbell, California
- Daly City, California
- Emeryville, California
- Garden Grove, California
- Hayward, California
- Juneau, Alaska
- Los Angeles, California
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Menlo Park, California
- Milpitas, California
- Moraga, California
- Mountain View, California
- Nashville, Tennessee
- New York City, New York
- Notre Dame, Indiana
- Oakland, California
- Palo Alto, California
- Reading, Pennsylvania
- Redwood City, California
- Sacramento, California
- Salem, Oregon
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- San Jose, California
- San Mateo, California
- Santa Clara, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Stanford, California
- Sunnyvale, California
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Union City, California
- Washington, DC
- West Chester, Pennsylvania
- Woodside, California
International
- Berlin, Germany
- Brasilia, Brazil
- Hangzhou, China
- Kochi, India
- Lima, Peru
- London, United Kingdom
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Shanghai, China
- Singapore, Singapore
Note: 17 graduates worked remotely for their hiring organizations and are not included in the list above.
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.
