Job placements: M.S. in AEM

An M.S. in Applied Economics and Management (AEM) prepares you for careers in research, policy and industry. Graduates are recruited by universities in the United States and around the world for academic positions. They also hold leadership and research roles in state and federal agencies, international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations and leading companies and nonprofit organizations.

Recent job placements: M.S. in AEM

YearNamePositionUniversity / Agency / Company
2025Yuktha BhadaneOperations Analyst InternFuse Energy
2025Shengyang CenPh.D. StudentWashington University in St. Louis
2025Alan CuiPh.D. StudentGeorgia Institute of Technology
2025Ruihua GuoPh.D. in Management, Real EstateNational University of Singapore
2025Yuxi JiangPositionA Central State-Owned Enterprise in China
2025Yiran LiuPh.D. StudentUniversity College London
2025Yuting MaoBond TraderTaikang Asset Management Co.
2025Madilyn SmithPh.D. StudentUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
2025Anamay ViswanathanSenior Technical Program ManagerFirst Street
2025Jialiang WangBusiness AnalystEncore Capital
2025Mingcong XiePh.D. StudentMichigan State University
2025Willow YangPh.D. StudentCornell University
2025Hongyu ZhaoPh.D. in Environmental and Resource EconomicsMichigan State University
2025Jingjun ZhaoProduct/Portfolio ManagerChina Galaxy Securities Co.
2023Kate Carter-CramPh.D. in Public PolicyOregon State University
2023Shuyue DengPh.D. in Food and Nutrition PolicyTufts University
2023Laurel KrovetzPh.D. in Applied Economics and ManagementCornell University
2023Summer LiAnalystCompass Lexecon
2023Morgan MastrianniPh.D. in Agricultural EconomicsPurdue University
2023Zisu XieAnalystCiti
2022Xiaoyu HuPh.D. in AccountingBoston College
2022Ina GijkaProject Finance and Development ManagerDistributed Sun
2022Luqi LiangPh.D. in MarketingTsinghua University in China
2022Xuqian MaPh.D. in Health PolicyUniversity of California, Berkeley
2022Peizan ShengPh.D. in Public PolicyUniversity of Chicago
2022Henry WilliamsEconomics Ph.D. and Teaching AssistantColorado State University
2021Qixiang GaoPh.D. FinanceUniversity of Rochester
2021Yuwei LiuFinance Management TraineeJD.com
2021Xueyun LuoPh.D. Applied Economics and ManagementCornell University, Dyson School
2021Danny MunchEconomistAmerican Farm Bureau Federation
2021Joshua SheinbergSenior Associate Technical Training ConsultantSAS Institute
2021Casey SilverAgricultural EconomistUS Department of Agriculture and Economic Research Service
2021Tam TranPricing AnalystCargill
2021Qian WangPh.D. in ManagementCornell University, SC Johnson Graduate School of Management
2021Xiaoyuan (Felicity) ZhangPh.D. StudentUniversity of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
2017Dieynab DiattaConsultantInternational Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Italy
2017Ishneet KaurAnalytics FellowMcKinsey and Company, Waltham, MA
2017Qingrun MengAnalystAnalysis Group, Boston
2017Anthony NasrAnalystAnalysis Group, New York
2017Jason TroendleSenior Business AnalystThe Context Network
2017Joaquin Valdes PerezAnalystImpendi Analytics
2017Suryakumari Samyuktha KannanSenior Research AssociateInternational Food Policy & Research Institute, New Delhi, India
2017Mary Kate WheelerAgricultural Economic AnalystCornell University, CALS-Entomology, Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Research
2016Michael James BentleyAnalystFarient Advisors, LLC
2016Amy CardunerFinancial RepresentativeFarm Credit Canada
2016Phillip ColesVice President of Regulatory Compliance & Strategic PlanningGiorgio Mushroom Company
2016Pinyi ChenResearch AnalystWorld Bank
2016Ziang ChengProject ManagerChina Great Wall Int.’l Exhibition Co., LTD
2016Sogol KananizadehSenior AnalystGlobal Data and Information Management, JLL
2016Qisiyu MiaoStrategy Sales AnalystMorgan Stanley Institutional Equity Derivative
2016Yuanyuan PanAssociateAxtria, Inc.
2016Kaihang ShiAssistant ResearcherMinistry of Transport of P.R.C.
2016Boya WangInternOnenicecar
2016Zhaoyu ZengAnalystUnionPay Advisor
2015Carolina Carbajal De NovaProfessor of EconomicsUniversidad Autonoma Metropolitana at Iztapalapa
2015Marin CherryFood Science Undergraduate Program CoordinatorCornell University
2015Peixun FangCo-FounderZhizi Tech Company, China
2015Xiao HuModel Risk Management AnalystCitigroup
2015Alyssa P. MillerAssociate DirectorScotiabank