Career Resources for Economics Graduate Students
Our 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 College of Management and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, providing a variety of fields of specialization including macro-monetary economics, international trade, econometrics, agricultural economics and environmental and resource 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 into applied research divisions of the private sector.
Recent doctoral graduates have been placed at the following institutions:
- Bank of America
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government
- University of Georgia
- Texas Tech University
- University of Tilberg, Netherlands
- Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Clemson University
- Virginia Tech
- Office of the Inspector General
- University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Recent masters graduates have been placed at the following institutions:
- Duke Energy
- GMAC
- Bank of America
- TemTec USA
- Financial Supervisory Service, South Korea
- Dept. of Health & Human Services
- Polanski Research Institute, Indonesia
- RTI
- BB&T
- Campbell Law School
- John Locke Foundation
- EFG Capital Int'l
- Purdue Law School
- NC General Assembly, Fiscal Research Division
- Credit Suisse
- Turkish Treasury
- NCSU College of Managment
- Accenture, Moscow
- NCSU Outreach Waste & Recycling Coordinator
- NC Employment Security Commission
- PhD econ UT-Knoxville
- Bank of America
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government
- University of Georgia
- Texas Tech University
- University of Tilberg, Netherlands
- Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business
- Environmental Protection Agency
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, Elon College, William & Mary, Washington & Lee, Appalachian State, Wake Forest, First American Corporation, Meredith College, World Bank, Genworth Financial, Duke University, and the NC State Solar Center.