The Value of a Schar School Degree
When you graduate from Mason’s Schar School of Policy and Government, you will join a growing worldwide network of more than 16,000 alumni. Our graduates are doing consequential work at leading companies, consulting firms, nonprofits, and NGO’s, as well as local, state, and federal government agencies across Washington, D.C. and the region.
A sampling of the employers who have hired our graduates include:
Accenture / Arlington County, Virginia / BAE Systems, PLC / Booz Allen Hamilton / City of Charlotte, North Carolina / Deloitte / Delphos International / General Dynamics Information Technology / International Monetary Fund / National Endowment for Democracy / National Housing Conference / National Science Foundation / New Zealand Trade and Enterprise / RAND Corporation / Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) / The Brookings Institution / United Nations / Urban Institute / U.S. Federal Government, Agency for International Development / U.S. Federal Government, Department of Commerce / U.S. Federal Government, Department of Health and Human Services / U.S. Federal Government, Department of Homeland Security / U.S. Federal Government, Department of State* / U.S. Federal Government, Federal Bureau of Investigation / U.S Senate / Virginia Department of Transportation / World Bank
DEGREES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
NEREYDA SEVILLA, BIODEFENSE PHD '17
Nereyda Sevilla, who received her PhD in Biodefense in 2017, created a computer model for tracking and stopping suspected pandemics transmitted by airplanes. Her work could potentially save billions of dollars in misdirected federal and state money and give millions of air passengers more precise information about infections.
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NICOLE LEWIS, MPP '06
Nicole Lynn Lewis, who received her Master's in Public Policy in 2006, created Generation Hope to help teen parents working toward college degrees. She was honored in the 10th annual Minority Business Leader Awards, was named a CNN Hero in 2014, and recently was recognized by the Washingtonian in the “40 Under 40” compilation of twenty- and thirty-somethings who are already shaping local politics, business, the arts, and other industries.
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