Placement Outcomes

We track placements for our MS graduates because outcomes are the only fair test of a graduate program. The data on this page covers tracked alumni placements across industry, research, and academia. We update it on a rolling basis as new placements are reported.

Three things stand out in the numbers: our graduates are concentrated at the top tier of tech employers, they hold the same range of roles you would expect from any leading CS program, and a meaningful share of them go on to senior engineering, executive, or faculty positions.

Amazon and Amazon Web Services lead with 29 tracked placements, followed by Alphabet/Google (14), Microsoft (13), and Emory University itself (13 ). Oracle (7), The Weather Company and Weather Channel combined (6), and The Home Depot (5) round out the top tier. Meta, LinkedIn, and the healthcare-analytics firm Qlarant each account for 4 placements.

Beyond the top ten, our alumni hold roles at Twitter / X, Varian, Spokeo, Zappos, Veritas Technologies, Zuora, Zillow, and dozens of other employers across technology, finance, healthcare, and higher education. See Previous Placements for full list. 

Software engineering is the single largest career path. Of all tracked role records, roughly 119 are some level of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or Software Development Engineer; ranging from new-grad to staff and principal. 66 alumni hold the title "Software Engineer" specifically; another 17 hold "Senior Software Engineer" and 16 are "Software Developer."

Data is the second-largest track. Around 41 alumni hold Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Data Analyst, or related machine-learning roles, including senior and staff variants and Data Science Manager titles.

Senior individual contributor and leadership tracks are well represented: 32 placements at senior, staff, principal, or lead engineering levels, plus 29 alumni in executive roles (CTOs, CEOs, founders, and VPs of engineering). 8 alumni hold engineering manager or director titles; another 8 are tech leads or architects (security, IAM, cloud).

Academic and research careers remain a meaningful destination: 24 alumni hold professor titles (assistant, associate, full), and another 7 hold postdoctoral, research scientist, or research engineer positions.

Considering a PhD? 31 of our tracked alumni went on to earn a PhD, many here at Emory.