Master of Public Affairs
Where Can You Go With UNCG's MPA?
The MPA Program provides assistance for students in their job search. Advising for MPA students is related to career objectives, and the campus Career Services Center offers resume writing and interviewing assistance. For preservice students, the internship is designed to provide experience relevant to the type of employment desired after graduation. The program circulates the resumes of graduates seeking employment and advises them as they contact potential employers.
Examples of recent preservice placements are:
- Budget Analyst, Gaston County
- Program Assistant, City of Greensboro
- Grants Manager, Family Service of the Piedmont
- Development Manager, NW North Carolina Second Harvest Food Bank
- Housing Counselor, Greensboro Housing Coalition
- Local Government Management Fellow and Business Manager, Charlotte City Manager's Office
- Community Development Coordinator, City of Lexington
- Manager Cluster Development & Retention Services, Greensboro Economic Development Alliance
- Budget Analyst, Wake County Budget & Management Services Department
Below is a sample of current positions of alumni who graduated with a UNCG MPA within the past five years.
Local Government
- City Manager, City of Trinity, NC
- Assistant Director, Guilford County Department of Social Services
- Assistant Chief of Police, Winston-Salem Police Department
- Deputy Clerk, Guilford County Board of Commissioners
- Assistant City Manager, Winston-Salem, NC
- Management Assistant, Town of Huntersville*
- City Planner, City of Asheboro, NC
- Budget Analyst, Fairfax County, VA*
- Social Work Supervisor, Guilford County Department of Social Services
- Planner, Alamance County, NC
- Planning Director, Alamance County, NC
- Police Officer, Randleman Police Department
- Planning Department, City of Greensboro, NC
- Assistant to the County Manger, Mecklenburg County Manager's Office - Community Health & Safety
- Economic Services Case Worker, Guilford County Department of Social Services
- Management/Budget Analyst, Mecklenburg County, NC
- Department of Water Resources, City of Asheboro, NC
- Grants Coordinator, Baldwin County Commission, Alabama
- Planning Director, Currituck County, NC
State Government
- Probation and Parole Officer, NC Department of Corrections
- State Trooper, NC Highway Patrol
Federal Government
- Veteran Service Representative, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Nonprofit Organizations
- Executive Director, Adult Center for Enrichment, Greensboro
- Senior Case Manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters Services, Inc.
- Director of Public Support, Greensboro Chapter American Red Cross
- Executive Director, YMCAs of Greater Greensboro - Reidsville Family YMCA
- Psycho Social Rehabilitation Specialist, Sanctuary House
- Executive Director, Montgomery County Partnership for Children
- Program Director, Regional HIV/AIDS Consortium, Charlotte, NC
- Director of Local Ministries, Westover Church
- Campiagn Manager, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Senior Development Associate, Americal Institute for Cancer Research
- Senior Consultant/National Coordinator, RefugeeWorks
- VISTA Support Manager, One Economy Corporation
Colleges and Universities
- Associate Director, UNCG Health Services
- Associate Director for Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing
- 4-H Extension Agent, NC State University
- Assistant Director of Development & Alumni Relations, Wake Forest University School of Law
- Managing Director - Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, UNC-Chapel Hill
Private Business/Consulting
- Property Insurance Adjuster, Crawford and Company*
- Department of Learning, North Broward Hospital District
- Owner/Editor, Piedmont Magazine
*These placements are for preservice students who had little or no prior relevant work experience.