Careers

Cornell graduate students are actively recruited by U.S. and foreign universities for academic positions. They also hold high-profile positions in leading companies, state and federal government agencies, and international agencies, such as the World Bank and the United Nations.

Please visit Job Market Candidates for a list of AEM's graduate students currently looking for job placements.

Recent Job Placements

Ph.D. Recipients
Position	University / Agency / Company
Research Economist	World Bank
Registrar	Cooperative Societies and Director of Agriculture Marketing, Government of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, India
Assistant Professor of Economics	Lander University
Senior Financial Economist	Securities, Litigation, and Consulting Group LLC
Assistant Professor	Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
Post-Doctoral Fellow	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Research Fellow	Korea Information Society Development Institution (KISDI)
Young Professional	Rural Infrastructure & Agro-Industries, FAO Headquarters, The World Bank
Staff Associate	International Research Institute for Climate & Society, Columbia University
Young Professional	Sustainable Development, Environment Unit, Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow	International Food Policy Research Institute
Assistant Professor	Scripps College
Assistant Professor	University of Maryland
Assistant Professor	Clemson University
Assistant Professor	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Assistant Professor	National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
Assistant Professor	Rutgers University
Assistant Professor	Oberlin College
Lecturer	University of Sydney
Assistant Professor	Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor	Division of Social Science, Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology
Post-Doctoral Scholar	Dept. of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Research Economist & Assistant Vice President	Wachovia Bank
Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Economics	Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University
Assistant Professor	Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University
Assistant Professor	University of California, Davis
Assistant Fellow	National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
Assistant Vice President	Merrill Lynch Commodities
Principal Risk Analyst	Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Consultant	Digital Associates, Japan
Visiting Lecturer	Thammasat University, Thailand
Associate Scientist and Economist	Tradeoff Analytical/Natural Resource Management Group, International Potato Center, Kenya
M.S. Recipients
Position	University / Agency / Company
Account Associate	Citigroup Yield Book
Staff Associate	International Research Institute for Climate & Society, Columbia University
Researcher	Maritime Institute of Malaysia
Environmental Policy & Economic Analyst	EC/R, Incorporated
Academic Researcher	Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
Equity Salesperson	Asian Equities Sales, Indonesia
Researcher	CoRFiLaC, Ragusa, Italy
Analyst	The Development Bank of Japan
Federal Farm Policy Analyst	American Farmland Trust
Reliability Engineering Analyst	Raymon Corporation
Consultant	Office of Evaluation and Oversight, Inter-American Development Bank
Senior Researcher	NACF Economic Research Institute, Seoul, Korea
Lecturer	Botswana College of Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana
Resource Economist	Institute of Social & Economic Research
Research Analyst	International Food Policy Research Institute
International Trade Analyst	United States International Trade Commission
Research Analyst	RAND Corporation, Global/Public Health Division
Assistant Manager	Food Policy Planning Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
Economics & Finance Sectorial Analyst	Presidential Office of Honduras
Professor of Economics	Department of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras
Senior Pricing Analyst	Neenan Associates
M.P.S. Recipients
Position	University / Agency / Company
Economic Development Intern	Prosperity Initiative
Manager	Shum Mak Ling, Hong Kong
Agricultural Marketing Specialist	Maryland Department of Agriculture
Investment Analyst	Cornell University
Assistant Director	Office of International Trade Organization, International Economics Affairs Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
Farm Business Management Educator	Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County, Watertown, NY

Employment Statistics

Employment of M.S. Degree Recipients: January 1993-August 2009*
Category	Domestic Students	%	International Students	%
Academic
Faculty, research associates, etc.	7	9	6	6
Students continuing for a Ph.D.	28	35	45	48
Government / Inter-Governmental
U.S.	10	13
International			8	9
Nonprofit foundations & organizations	6	8	5	5
Research institutes & agencies	5	6	8	9
Private, For-Profit Firms
Consulting, banks, private business, etc.	23	29	22	23
Total	79		94

Employment of Ph.D. Degree Recipients: January 1993-August 2009*
Category	Domestic Students	%	International Students	%
Academic
Faculty, research associates, etc.	21	58	33	48
Government / Inter-Governmental
U.S.	3	8	6	9
International			1	1
Nonprofit foundations & organizations	3	8	3	4
Research institutes & agencies	5	14	8	12
Private, For-Profit Firms
Consulting, banks, private business, etc.	4	12	18	26
Total	36		69
*Only includes graduates reporting their employment statistics.

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