Yixing Zhang, Jai Joshi, and Connor Drucis stand proudly in the pre-commencement green room with College Park Program Director Dr. Filipe Lage in the above photo. Graduates celebrated their accomplishments in UMD’s tough and rigorous but rewarding MS in Applied Economics program on Wednesday, May 21, at UMD’s College of Behavioral and Social Sciences commencement. Graduates have found exciting jobs with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Bates White, US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Ernst & Young, Pinterest, World Bank, and more.

Read about our 90%+ job placement rate within 3 months in the economics field and our alumni profiles to hear more about where alumni have gone.