Alumni Outcomes

A group of five panelists including Chelsea Clinton sit on a stage with the words "GW" and "Rodham Institute" behind them. — Marcus R. Andrews, BA ’15, was invited to speak on the keynote panel “Addressing Childhood Obesity” along with Chelsea Clinton at the third annual Rodham Institute Summit.

Graduates of the Sociology Department have gone on to research at top institutions, start nonprofits, open community cultural spaces and join government agencies.

About half of our undergraduate alumni pursue careers or further study in business and management, while the remainder tend to work in education and service, the legal field, health and social welfare. Our graduate alumni have gone on to earn PhDs from institutions like the University of Pennsylvania and the UCLA, publish books and receive Fulbrights for their research.

Recent Undergraduate Alumni Employers

Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture
Arigatou International
Bully Pulpit Interactive
Children’s National Medical Center
Johns Hopkins
Mathematica Policy Research
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Project Place

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps
ScienceWorks International
Stanford Health Care
United Service Organizations
Urban Teacher Center
U.S. Department of Labor
WorldTeach

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Alumni & Student Research

"The field of sociology intersects with everything: It is a critical foundation, a way of thought and an intellectual head start to building the right competencies for any career. I owe much of my success to my years as a sociology major at GW."

Reem Mahmood
BA ’95