Career Resources

Recent Placements

The NCSU Graduate Economics program has a long history of preparing students for careers in academia, government and the private sector. The program has over 50 graduate faculty members, from both the Department of Economics and the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, providing expertise in a variety of areas including macro-monetary economics, international trade, econometrics, agricultural economics, environmental and resource economics, microeconomics, and financial economics.  Given the program's strong empirical focus, our alumni have excelled not only in academia and government, but also in the corporate world with many of our graduates entering applied research divisions of the private sector.

Doctoral students who graduated during the 2009-10 academic year have been placed at the following institutions:

  • Ernst and Young
  • US EPA
  • Research Triangle Institute
  • QMS Capital Management
  • Iowa State University
  • SAS
  • Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
  • California State University, Chico
  • Siena Heights University
  • Instituto Tecnológico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City

Masters students who graduated during the 2009-10 academic year have been placed at the following institutions:

  • Credit Suisse
  • Bank of America
  • United International
  • SAS
  • Food Lion
  • Coton, Inc
  • Undersecretariat of the Treasury, Republic of Turkey
  • Ministry of Education, Republic of Turkey
  • Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade, Republic of Turkey
  • Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning
  • Indian Institute of Management

Others are pursuing doctorates in economics, statistics, finance, accounting, and risk management at the following institutions:

  • Georgia State University
  • University of Kentucky
  • North Carolina State University
  • Colorado State University
  • Latrobe University (Australia)
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
  • CUNY
  • Claremont University

Internships & Temporary Appointments of Current Students

Students currently enrolled in the economics graduate program have internships, part time employment or temporary teaching appointments at the following institutions: SAS, RTI, Elon College, Appalachian State, Xavier, Salem College, East Carolina University, the World Bank, Genworth Financial, and the NC State Solar Center.